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Újvidék

Novi Sad
Град Нови Сад
Hungarian: Újvidék
Slovak: Nový Sad
City
City of Novi Sad
Petrovaradin Fortress (Péterváradi vár, Peterwardein).JPG
Vladičanski dvor - panoramio (1).jpg Trg Slobode - panoramio (1).jpg
Panorama Novovg Sada sa zgrade Radničkog Univerziteta - panoramio.jpg Katedrala - panoramio (8).jpg
Panorama of Novi Sad.jpg
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 of Novi Sad
Flag
Coat of arms of Novi Sad
Coat of arms
Nickname(s):
  • Serbian Athens
Novi Sad is located in Serbia
Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is located in Europe
Novi Sad
Novi Sad
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, 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.


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