Pancsova

Pančevo Панчево
City
City of Pančevo
Flag Coat of arms
Location of city of Pančevo within Serbia
Coordinates: 44°52′14″N 20°38′25″E / 44.87056°N 20.64028°E / 44.87056; 20.64028Coordinates: 44°52′14″N 20°38′25″E / 44.87056°N 20.64028°E / 44.87056; 20.64028
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	South Banat
Government
• Mayor	Saša Pavlov (SNS)
Area rank	29th
• Administrative	755,57 km2 (29,173 sq mi)
Elevation	77 m (253 ft)
Population (2011)
• Urban	76,203
• Rank	9th
• Density	512/km2 (1,330/sq mi)
• Metro	123,414
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	26000
Area code(s)	+381(0)13
ISO 3166 code	SRB
Car plates	PA
Website	www.pancevo.rs

Pančevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Панчево, pronounced [pâːnt͡ʃe̞v̞ɔ̝], Hungarian: Pancsova, Romanian: Panciova, Slovak: Pánčevo) is a city and the administrative center of the South Banat District in autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia.

Pančevo is the fourth largest city in Vojvodina by population. According to results of the 2011 census, a total of 76,203 inhabitants live in the urban area, while the city administrative area of Pančevo has 123,414 inhabitants.

In Serbian and Macedonian, the town is known as Pančevo (Панчево), in Hungarian as Pancsova, in Slovak as Pánčevo, in Romanian as Panciova and in German as Pantschowa. The place name is probably derived from an old Slavonic term and meant location of marsh.

Pančevo is located on flat plains at 44°52′14″N 20°38′25″E / 44.87056°N 20.64028°E / 44.87056; 20.64028, approximately 17 km NE of Pančevo bridge to Belgrade and 43 km NW of Smederevo. The altitude above sea level is 77 meters. The southern city quarters are located on the bank of the Danube, the western quarters on the bank of Tamiš. The town is located nearby the wetland Pančevački Rit in the southern part of the geographical region of Banat. The river islands Forkontumac, Čakljanac and the resort Bela Stena are the southernmost part of the urban area.

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