Bečkerek
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Zrenjanin Град Зрењанин Petrovgrad |
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| City and municipality | ||
| City of Zrenjanin | ||
City Hall and monument to King Peter I of Serbia
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 Zrenjanin
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| Coordinates: 45°23′0″N 20°22′54″E / 45.38333°N 20.38167°ECoordinates: 45°23′0″N 20°22′54″E / 45.38333°N 20.38167°E | ||
| Country |
 Serbia
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| Province | Vojvodina | |
| District | Central Banat | |
| Settled by Roxolani | 3rd century AD | |
| Founded | 10 July 1326 | |
| City status | 6 June 1769 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Čedomir Janjić (SNS) | |
| Area | ||
| • Zrenjanin | 1,324.0 km2 (511.19 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Zrenjanin | 76,511 
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| • Rank | 6th | |
| • Density | 93.2/km2 (241/sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 120,709
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| Demonym(s) | zrenjaninci (sr) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 23000 | |
| Area code(s) | +381(0)23 | |
| Car plates | ZR | |
| Website | www.zrenjanin.rs | |
Zrenjanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Зрењанин, pronounced [zrɛ̌ɲanin]; Hungarian: Nagybecskerek; Slovak: Zreňanin) or less frequently Petrovgrad, is a city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city's population is 76,511, while the Zrenjanin county has 123,362 inhabitants (2011 census data).
Zrenjanin is the largest city in the Serbian part of the Banat geographical region, and the third largest city in Vojvodina (after Novi Sad and Subotica).
The city was named after Žarko Zrenjanin (1902–1942) in honour and remembrance of his name in 1946. He was one of the leaders of the Vojvodina Partisans. During World War II, he was imprisoned and released after being tortured by the Nazis for months. Later he was killed while trying to avoid being recaptured. The former Serbian name of the city was Bečkerek (Бечкерек) or Veliki Bečkerek (Велики Бечкерек). In 1935 the city was renamed to Petrovgrad (Петровград) in honor of king Peter I of Serbia. It was called Petrovgrad from 1935 to 1946.
In Hungarian, the city is known as Nagybecskerek, in German as Großbetschkerek or Betschkerek, in Romanian as Becicherecul Mare or Zrenianin, in Slovak as Zreňanin, in Rusin as Зрењанин, in Croatian as Zrenjanin, and in Turkish as Beşkelek (meaning five melons) or Beçkerek.
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