The Nišava District ( sr, Нишавски округ, Nišavski okrug, ) is one of nine administrative districts of

Southern and Eastern Serbia The Southern and Eastern Serbia ( sr, Јужна и источна Србија, Južna i istočna Srbija) is one of five statistical regions of Serbia. It is also a level-2 statistical region according to the European NUTS. It was formed in 201 ...

. It expands to the south-eastern parts of

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

. According to the 2011 census results, it has a population of 372,404 inhabitants. The administrative center of the district is the city of

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while ...

. After South Bačka, it is second largest District in Serbia.

Municipalities

The district is divided into 6 municipalities and the city of

, which is divided into 5 municipalities. The municipalities of the district are: *

Aleksinac Aleksinac ( sr-Cyrl, Алексинац) is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a population of 17,978 inhabitants, while the municipality has 51,863 inhabitants. His ...

* Svrljig * Merošina *

Ražanj Ražanj () is a village and municipality located in the Nišava District of southern Serbia. The municipality consists of 23 settlements having a total population of 9,150 inhabitants, with 1,245 inhabitants living in Ražanj itself. The municip ...

Doljevac Doljevac () is a small town and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the municipality has 18,463 inhabitants, while the town has 1,657. Geography The municipality borders Merošina munici ...

Gadžin Han Gadžin Han ( sr-cyr, Гаџин Хан) is a village and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the municipality has 8,389 inhabitants, from which 1,223 live in Gadžin Han itself. Geograp ...

City of

is divided into municipalities of: *

Medijana Medijana ( sr-cyr, Медијана) is one of five city municipalities which constitute the city of Niš. It is the central and the most populous city municipality of Niš with the population of 85,969 inhabitants. Geography The municipality b ...

Niška Banja Niška Banja ( sr-cyr, Нишка Бања) is a town and one of five city municipalities which constitute the city of Niš. It is also one of the spa resorts in Serbia. It is located east of Niš. According to the 2011 census, the population ...

* Palilula *

Pantelej Pantelej (Serbian Cyrillic: Пантелеј) is one of five city municipalities which constitute the city of Niš. According to the 2011 census, the municipality has a population of 53,486 inhabitants. Geography The municipality borders Crven ...

* Crveni Krst

Demographics

According to the last official census done in 2011, the Nišava District has 376,319 inhabitants. Census doesn’t include refugees. It’s estimated that there are up to 524,500 people living in Nišava District.

Ethnic groups

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

= 351,676 *

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

= 11,499 * others 13,144

Tourism

Within the city boundaries itself stands the

Niš Fortress Niš Fortress ( sr, Нишка тврђава / Niška tvrđava) is a fortress in the city of Niš, Serbia. It is a complex and important cultural and historical monument. It rises on the right bank of the Nišava River, overlooking the area inh ...

, which ranks among the most beautiful and best preserved fortresses in the

Balkans The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

, built in the late seventeenth century. On the outskirts of Niš is a unique monument - the

Skull Tower Skull Tower ( sr-cyr, Ћеле кула, Ćele kula, ) is a stone structure embedded with human skulls located in Niš, Serbia. It was constructed by the Ottoman Empire following the Battle of Čegar of May 1809, during the First Serbian Uprisin ...

(Ćele kula) built by the Turks from the skulls and heads of the Serbian warriors who died in the

Battle of Čegar The Battle of Čegar ( sr, Битка на Чегру/Bitka na Čegru), also known as the Battle of Kamenica (Бој на Каменици/Boj na Kamenici) was a battle of the First Serbian Uprising between the Serbian Revolutionaries and Ottoman ...

in 1809, led by Stevan Sinđelić, against the Turks. After the Turkish victory, this battle was decisive for the failure of the First Serb Uprising. The Nišava District also features

, it is one of the best known spa tourism centers in

. It is located on the bottom of Suva Planina and a few kilometers away from Niš.

References

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