Újvidék

Novi Sad Град Нови Сад Hungarian: Újvidék Slovak: Nový Sad
City
City of Novi Sad
Clockwise, from top: Petrovaradin Fortress, main square, The Name of Mary Church, Panorama of Novi Sad at night, Government of Vojvodina building complex, Bishop Palace
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Serbian Athens
Novi Sad Show map of Serbia Novi Sad Show map of Europe Location of the city of Novi Sad within Serbia and Europe
Coordinates: 45°15′N 19°51′E / 45.250°N 19.850°E / 45.250; 19.850Coordinates: 45°15′N 19°51′E / 45.250°N 19.850°E / 45.250; 19.850
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	South Bačka
Municipalities	2
Settled by Scordisci	4th century B.C.
Founded	1694
City status	1 February 1748
Government
• Mayor	Miloš Vučević (SNS)
Area
• Urban	129.7 km2 (50.1 sq mi)
Area rank	36th
• City proper	106.2 km2 (41.0 sq mi)
• Administrative	702.7 km2 (271.3 sq mi)
Elevation	80 m (262 ft)
Population (2011)
• Rank	2nd
• Urban	277,522
• Urban density	2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi)
• City proper	250,439
• City proper density	2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi)
• Administrative	341,625
• Administrative density	490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	21000
Area code	+381(0)21
Car plates	NS
Website	www.novisad.rs

Novi Sad (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Сад, pronounced [nôʋiː sâːd]; Hungarian: Újvidék; Slovak: Nový Sad; see below for other names) is the second largest city of Serbia, the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina and the administrative center of the South Bačka District. It is located in the southern part of the Pannonian Plain, on the border of the Bačka and Srem geographical regions, on the banks of the Danube river, facing the northern slopes of Fruška Gora mountain.

According to the 2011 census^[update], the city has a population of 250,439, while the urban area of Novi Sad (with the adjacent urban settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica) has 277,522 inhabitants. The population of the administrative area of the city stands at 341,625 people.

Novi Sad was founded in 1694, when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin fortress, a Habsburg strategic military post. In the 18th and 19th centuries, it became an important trading and manufacturing centre, as well as a centre of Serbian culture of that period, earning the nickname of the Serbian Athens. The city was heavily devastated in the 1848 Revolution, but it was subsequently restored. Today, along with the capital city of Belgrade, Novi Sad is the industrial and financial center of the Serbian economy; also, it was named one of the 2021 European Capital of Culture cities.