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Novi Sad. / 45.25417°N 19.84250°E / 45.25417; 19.84250. Novi Sad ( Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Сад, pronounced [nôʋiː sâːd] ⓘ; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia after the capital Belgrade and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the ...
Novi Sad is the second largest city of Serbia. It began as a Stone Age settlement in present-day Petrovaradin. The Celts founded the first fortress at this location. During Roman rule, a larger fortress was built in the 1st century AD. It was devastated by the Huns in the 5th century and rebuilt by the Byzantines.
Location Borders Map of the urban area of Novi Sad with city quarters, showing the location of Stari grad. The eastern borders of Stari grad are Kej žrtava racije (Quay of the victims of raid) and Beogradski kej (Belgrade Quay), the southern border is Bulevar Cara Lazara (Tzar Lazar Boulevard), the western border is Bulevar oslobođenja (Liberation Boulevard), the north-western borders are ...
The demographics of Novi Sad, a city in Serbia, have a long history. The population had increased from 6,890 in 1798 to 17,332 in 1843, before declining to 7,182 in 1850. [why?][citation needed] The population then reached 33,590 inhabitants by 1910, and 277,522 inhabitants by 2011 (the latest census). The population of Hungarian speakers ...
The University of Novi Sad, with almost 50,000 students and more than 5,000 employees, is one of the largest educational and research centers in Central Europe. It belongs to the group of comprehensive universities, which are characterized by providing nearly all fields of science and higher education.
In 2000–2002, the Municipality of Novi Sad was changed to City of Novi Sad and two urban municipalities ( Novi Sad and Petrovaradin) were formed within the city. Since 2002, when the new statute of Novi Sad came into effect, City of Novi Sad is divided into 46 local communities. City has its parliament, governing mayor and a city council.
The City Municipality of Novi Sad is situated in the southern part of the Bačka region. Total area of City of Novi Sad is 699 km², and the area of the city municipality is 671.8 km². Municipality lies in one of the southern lowest parts of the Pannonian Plain. Alluvial plains along Danube are well-formed, especially on the left bank, in some ...
Religious architecture in Novi Sad is very diverse. Majority of the believers in Novi Sad are from Serbian Orthodox Church, while others are from Roman Catholic Church, many Protestant churches, and Jewish community. Stari Grad is the place with the majority of churches and temples, and they were all built in the 18th and 19th century.