Structure of administrative divisions of Serbia
The
administrative divisions of Serbia
(
Serbian
:
административна подела Срби?е
,
romanized
:
аdministrativna podela Srbije
) are regulated by the
Government of Serbia
Enactment
of 29 January 1992,
[1]
and by the Law on Territorial Organization adopted by the
National Assembly of Serbia
on 29 December 2007.
[2]
[3]
Serbia
is divided into 29
districts
by the government decree issued in 1992.
[4]
The units of the territorial organization are:
municipalities and cities
and autonomous provinces, by the Law on Territorial Organization.
[2]
Regions
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Statistical regions of Serbia
Autonomous provinces
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The
Constitution of Serbia
recognizes two autonomous provinces,
Vojvodina
in the north, and the disputed territory of
Kosovo and Metohija
in the south,
[2]
while the remaining area of
Central Serbia
never had its own regional authority. Following the
Kosovo War
,
NATO-led peacekeepers
entered Kosovo and Metohija, after the adoption of
UNSC Resolution 1244
. In 2008,
Kosovo
declared independence
.
[5]
The government of Serbia did not recognise the declaration, considering it illegal and illegitimate.
[6]
The province of Vojvodina has its own
assembly
and
government
. It enjoys autonomy on certain matters, such as infrastructure, science, education and culture.
[7]
The Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija has been transferred to the administration of the
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) since June 1999, following the
Kosovo War
. In February 2008, the
Government of Kosovo
unilaterally
declared independence
from Serbia, a move recognized by 104 countries (including most of the
European Union
and the United States) but not recognized by Serbia, Russia, China, India, Brazil, Argentina, Indonesia, and other 87
United Nations
(UN) member states, including 5 EU member states.
Statistical regions
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The five statistical regions of Serbia are:
Districts
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Districts of Serbia
Districts
are the first level
administrative divisions
of the country, constituted of municipalities and cities. Districts are regional centers of state authority, but have no assemblies of their own; they present purely administrative divisions, and host various state institutions such as funds, office branches and courts. Districts are not defined by the Law on Territorial Organisation, but are organised under the Government's Enactment of 29 January 1992.
[1]
Serbia is divided into 29 districts (18 in Central Serbia, 7 in Vojvodina, 5 in Kosovo, while the city of Belgrade presents a district of its own).
[8]
Municipalities and cities
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- Municipalities
Serbia is divided into 145
municipalities
and 29
cities
,
[2]
which form the basic units of
local government
. Each municipality has its own assembly (elected every four years in local elections), a municipal president, public service property and a budget. Municipalities usually have more than 10,000 inhabitants.
[2]
Municipalities comprise
local communities
, which mostly correspond to settlements (villages) in the rural areas (several small villages can comprise one local community, and large villages can contain several communities). Urban areas are also divided into local communities. Their roles include communication of elected municipal representatives with citizens, organization of
citizen initiatives
related with public service and communal issues. They are presided over by
councils
, elected in semi-formal elections, whose members are basically volunteers. The role of local communities is far more important in rural areas; due to proximity to municipal centers, many urban local communities are defunct.
- Cities
Cities are another type of local self-government. Territories with the status of "city" usually have more than 100,000 inhabitants,
[2]
but are otherwise very similar to municipalities. There are 27 cities, each having an assembly and budget of its own. Only cities have
mayors
, although the presidents of the municipalities are often referred to as "mayors" in everyday usage.
The city may or may not be divided into "city municipalities". Six cities,
Belgrade
,
Novi Sad
,
Ni?
,
Po?arevac
,
U?ice
and
Vranje
comprise several municipalities, divided into urban and suburban areas. Competences of cities and their municipalities are divided. Of those, only Novi Sad did not undergo the full transformation, as the newly formed municipality of
Petrovaradin
exists only formally; thus, the
City municipality of Novi Sad
is largely equated to
City of Novi Sad
(and the single largest municipality in the country, with around 300,000 residents).
Subdivisions of Kosovo
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Although the Serbian laws treat Kosovo as every other part of Serbia, and divide it into 5 districts, 28 municipalities and 1 city,
[2]
the
UNMIK
administration adopted new territorial organisation of Kosovo in 2000. This move is not recognized by Serbia, but is recognized by the self-proclaimed
Republic of Kosovo
. According to the new subdivision, Kosovo is divided into
7 (new) districts
[
citation needed
]
and
37 municipalities
(8 new municipalities were created:
Mali?evo
,
Elez Han
,
Gra?anica
,
Junik
,
Klokot-Vrbovac
,
Mamu?a
,
Parte?
and
Ranilug
).
[9]
The "Serb" districts function in the areas where
Kosovo Serbs
live, but are only recognized by Serbs, while the "UNMIK" districts, which function in all of Kosovo, are recognized only by
Kosovo Albanians
.
Historical regions
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See also
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References
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Kosovo declared independence in 2008 but is still claimed as part of its territory by Serbia.
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