The North Bačka District (, ) is one of administrative districts of

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. It lies in the Bačka geographical region. According to the 2022 census, the North Bačka District has a population of 160,163 inhabitants. The administrative center of the district is the city of

Subotica Subotica (, ; , , ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city in Central Europe and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, contemporary Sub ...

History

In the 9th century, the area was ruled by the Bulgarian- Slavic duke Salan. From the 11th to the 16th century, during the administration of the medieval

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...

, the area was divided between the Bodrogiensis County, Bacsensis County, Csongradiensis County, and Cumania region. From 1526 to 1527, the area was ruled by the independent Serb ruler, emperor Jovan Nenad, while during Ottoman administration (16th-17th century), it was part of the Sanjak of Segedin. During Habsburg administration (18th century), the area was divided between the Military Frontier and the Batsch County. The Batsch County was joined with the Bodrog County into the single Batsch-Bodrog County in the 18th century. Since the abolishment of the Theiß- Marosch section of the Military Frontier in 1751, part of that territory was also included into the Batsch-Bodrog County. In the 1850s, the area was part of the

Sombor Sombor ( sr-Cyrl, Сомбор, ; ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the West Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city has a total population of 41,814 (), while its adminis ...

District, and after 1860, it was again included into Batsch-Bodrog County. During the royal Serb-Croat-Slovene ( Yugoslav) administration (1918-1941), the area was part of the

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...

County (1918-1922), Bačka Oblast (1922-1929), and Danube Banovina (1929-1941). During the Hungarian- German Axis occupation (1941-1944), the area was included into Bács-Bodrog County. From 1944, the area was part of the autonomous Yugoslav

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

(which was part of the newly established

Socialist Republic of Serbia The Socialist Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Социјалистичка Република Србија, Socijalistička Republika Srbija), previously known as the People's Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / " ...

from 1945). The present-day administrative districts of Serbia (including the North Bačka District) were established in 1992 by the decree of the Government of Serbia.

Cities and municipalities

The North Bačka District encompasses the territories of one city and two municipalities: *

(Hungarian: ''Szabadka'') (city) * Bačka Topola (Hungarian: ''Topolya'') (municipality) * Mali Iđoš (Hungarian: ''Kishegyes'') (municipality)

Demographics

Towns

There are two towns with over 10,000 inhabitants. *

: 94,228 * Bačka Topola: 11,930

Ethnic structure

Two municipalities have a Hungarian ethnic majority: Bačka Topola (55.6%) and Mali Iđoš (51.8%); while Subotica has Serb relative ethnic majority (34.3%). As for local communities, 20 have a Hungarian ethnic majority, 16 have a Serb ethnic majority, seven have Croatian/Bunjevci ethnic majority, and two are ethnically mixed, with a Hungarian relative ethnic majority.

Lingusitic structure

Religious structure

References

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External links

* {{Coord missing, Serbia * Geography of Vojvodina Districts of Vojvodina