Mačvanska Mitrovica (

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: Мачванска Митровица, ) is a town located in the

Sremska Mitrovica Sremska Mitrovica (; sr-Cyrl, Сремска Митровица, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city in Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Sava, Sava river. , the city has a total population of 36,764 inhabitants, while its adminis ...

municipality, in the

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. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town has a

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ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,873 people (2011 census).

Name

Its name means "Mitrovica of

Mačva Mačva ( sr-Cyrl, Мачва, ; ) is a geographical and historical region in the northwest of Central Serbia, on a fertile plain between the Sava (river), Sava and Drina rivers. The chief town is Šabac. The modern Mačva District of Serbia is nam ...

" ( Mitrovica of Srem and Mitrovica of Kosovo also exist). In

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, the town is known as ''Mačvanska Mitrovica'' (Мачванска Митровица), in Croatian as ''Mačvanska Mitrovica'', and in Hungarian as ''Szenternye''. Other Serbian names used for the town include ''Srpska Mitrovica'' (Српска Митровица), ''Mala Mitrovica'' (Мала Митровица), and ''Mitrovica'' (Митровица).

Geography

Together with the neighbouring villages of Noćaj, Salaš Noćajski, Radenković, Ravnje and

Zasavica II Zasavica II ( sr-Cyrl, Засавица II), also known as Donja Zasavica (), is a village in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Vojvodina province of Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 608 people ...

, the town of Mačvanska Mitrovica is the only town in

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located in the

region, i.e. on the right bank of the river

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, and thus on the

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Notable residents

*Former professional footballer Nikola Budišić was born in the town

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2002 census): *

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...

= 3,621 *

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnic groups * Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin ** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities ** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom * Romanians (Romanian ...

= 87 *

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

= 21 *

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslaveni/Jugosloveni, Југославени/Југословени; ; ) is an identity that was originally conceived to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has been used in two connotations: ...

= 14 *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

= 10 *others.

Historical population

*1921: 220 *1931: 567 *1948: 705 *1953: 869 *1961: 1,408 *1971: 3,357 *1981: 3,661 *1991: 3,788 *2002: 3,896

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