Sremska Mitrovica
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Sremska Mitrovica Град Сремска Митровица |
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| City of Sremska Mitrovica | ||
Panoramic view over centre of Sremska Mitrovica
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 Location of the municipality of Sremska Mitrovica within Serbia |
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| Coordinates: 44°59′N 19°37′E / 44.983°N 19.617°ECoordinates: 44°59′N 19°37′E / 44.983°N 19.617°E | ||
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 Serbia
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| Province | Vojvodina | |
| District | Srem | |
| Settlements | 26 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Branislav Nedimović | |
| Area | ||
| • Municipality | 762 km2 (294 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011 census) | ||
| • Town | 37,751 | |
| • Municipality | 79,940 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 22 000 | |
| Area code | (+381) 022 | |
| Car plates | SM | |
| Website | www |
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Sremska Mitrovica (Serbian: Сремска Митровица / Sremska Mitrovica, pronounced [srêːmskaː mîtroʋitsa]) is a city and the administrative center of the Srem District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Sava river. As of 2011[update] the town had a total population of 37,751, while Sremska Mitrovica administrative area had a population of 79,940.
Once a capital of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy, the city was referred to as the glorious mother of cities. Likewise, ten Roman Emperors were born in or near this city, Emperors Herennius Etruscus (251), Hostilian (251), Decius Traian (249-251), Claudius II (268-270), Quintillus (270), Aurelian (270-275), Probus (276-282), Maximianus Herculius (285-310), Constantius II (337-361) and Gratian (367-383).
In Serbian, the town is known as Сремска Митровица or Sremska Mitrovica, in Rusyn as Сримска Митровица, in Croatian as Srijemska Mitrovica, in Hungarian as Szávaszentdemeter or Mitrovica, in German as Syrmisch Mitrowitz, in Latin as Sirmium, and in Turkish as Dimitrofça.
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