The Nišava District ( sr, Нишавски округ, Nišavski okrug, ) is one of nine administrative districts of

Southern and Eastern Serbia The Southern and Eastern Serbia ( sr, Јужна и источна Србија, Južna i istočna Srbija) is one of five statistical regions of Serbia. It is also a level-2 statistical region according to the European NUTS. It was formed in 201 ...

. It expands to the south-eastern parts of

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...

. According to the 2011 census results, it has a population of 372,404 inhabitants. The administrative center of the district is the city of

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, whi ...

. After South Bačka, it is second largest District in Serbia.

Municipalities

The district is divided into 6 municipalities and the city of

, which is divided into 5 municipalities. The municipalities of the district are: * Aleksinac * Svrljig * Merošina *

Ražanj Ražanj () is a village and municipality located in the Nišava District of southern Serbia. The municipality consists of 23 settlements having a total population of 9,150 inhabitants, with 1,245 inhabitants living in Ražanj itself. The municip ...

* Doljevac *

Gadžin Han Gadžin Han ( sr-cyr, Гаџин Хан) is a village and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the municipality has 8,389 inhabitants, from which 1,223 live in Gadžin Han itself. Geograp ...

City of

is divided into municipalities of: * Medijana * Niška Banja * Palilula * Pantelej * Crveni Krst

Demographics

According to the last official census done in 2011, the Nišava District has 376,319 inhabitants. Census doesn’t include refugees. It’s estimated that there are up to 524,500 people living in Nišava District.

Ethnic groups

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of ...

= 351,676 *

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

= 11,499 * others 13,144

Tourism

Within the city boundaries itself stands the Niš Fortress, which ranks among the most beautiful and best preserved fortresses in the

Balkans The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

, built in the late seventeenth century. On the outskirts of Niš is a unique monument - the Skull Tower (Ćele kula) built by the Turks from the skulls and heads of the Serbian warriors who died in the

Battle of Čegar The Battle of Čegar ( sr, Битка на Чегру/Bitka na Čegru), also known as the Battle of Kamenica (Бој на Каменици/Boj na Kamenici) was a battle of the First Serbian Uprising between the Serbian Revolutionaries and Ottoma ...

in 1809, led by

Stevan Sinđelić Stevan Sinđelić ( sr-cyr, Стеван Синђелић; 1771 – 19 May 1809) was a Serbian revolutionary commander in Resava, who fought during the First Serbian Uprising (1804-1813) against Ottoman rule. As the commander of the Resava ...

, against the Turks. After the Turkish victory, this battle was decisive for the failure of the First Serb Uprising. The Nišava District also features Niška Banja, it is one of the best known spa tourism centers in

. It is located on the bottom of Suva Planina and a few kilometers away from Niš.

References

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