Administrative divisions of modern Serbia

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This is a list of historical administrative divisions of Serbia since the establishment of the Principality of Serbia until today.

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Principality of Serbia

1819–1833

12 nahije (sing.nahija, from Ottoman nahiye ), 45 knežine (sing.knežina), 1,396 villages and towns.

1834–1836

In 1833, six nahiye were ceded to Serbia with the "Third Hatišerif", an edict (hatt-i sharif) issued by Sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808–1839). In 1834, the Parliament decided that Serbia be divided on five governorships (serdarstvo) and 19 districts (okrug), thereby ending the form of administrative units that originated in the Ottoman Empire. The districts were in turn divided into captaincies (kapetanije), later called srezovi (sing.srez).

1836–1878

Kingdom of Serbia

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Okrugs of the Kingdom of Serbia 1914
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Srez of the Kingdom of Serbia 1914

Serbia gained full internationally recognized independence in 1878 and proclaimed a Kingdom in 1882. In 1890, it was divided into 15 districts (okruzi) which were further divided into counties (srezovi). Cities of Belgrade and Niš had special administrative status. The districts were: Valjevo, Vranje, Kragujevac, Krajina, Kruševac, Morava, Pirot, Podrinje, Podunavlje, Požarevac, Rudnik, Timok, Toplica, Užice and Crna Reka. In 1900 the Podunavlje district was divided into the districts of Belgrade and Smederevo and in 1902 the district of Čačak was separated from Rudnik district.

In 1912 and 1913 Serbia enlarged its territory after victorious First Balkan War. In August 1913, 11 new districts were formed in the newly liberated areas: Bitola, Debar, Kavadarci, Novi Pazar, Kumanovo, Pljevlja, Prizren, Priština, Skopje, Tetovo and Štip. Few months later, Pljevlja and Debar districts were abolished and the new Prijepolje and Ohrid districts formed instead. A new Zvečan district was formed as well.

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

Pokrajinas
Oblasts

Socialist Republic of Serbia

Administrative division of Central Serbia from 1974 to 1990. Medjuopstinske regionalne zajednice Socijalisticke Republike Srbije.png
Administrative division of Central Serbia from 1974 to 1990.

The Socialist Republic of Serbia, and later the Republic of Serbia (from September 28, 1990) had a complex administrative division whereby Central Serbia was subdivided into nine Intermunicipal Regional Communities (Međuopštinske regionalne zajednice - MRZ). [1] These were:

  1. South Morava (Južnomoravska MRZ, administrative centre in Leskovac),
  2. MRZ Kraljevo (administrative centre in Kraljevo),
  3. MRZ Niš (administrative centre in Niš),
  4. Podrinje-Kolubara (Podrinjsko-kolubarska MRZ, administrative centre in Valjevo),
  5. Podunavlje (Podunavska MRZ, administrative centre in Smederevo),
  6. Šumadija and Pomoravlje (MRZ Šumadije i Pomoravlja, administrative centre in Kragujevac),
  7. MRZ Titovo Užice (administrative centre in Titovo Užice), and
  8. MRZ Zaječar (administrative centre in Zaječar).

The City of Belgrade (numbered 1 on the map) was considered the capital city of Serbia and officially designated as the Collectivity of City Municipalities of Belgrade, also known as Greater Belgrade (or the Metropolitan Area of Belgrade) in geographical literature.

MRZs existed officially until December 31, 1990.

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References

  1. Međuopštinske regionalne zajednice u SR Srbiji, Republički zavod za statistiku SR Srbije, Beograd, 1985, OCLC   8059148 (in Serbo-Croatian)