Central Banat District Srednjobanatski okrug Средњобанатски округ Közép-bánsági körzet
District of Serbia
Images from the Central Banat District
Location of the Central Banat District within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°22′N 20°23′E / 45.367°N 20.383°E / 45.367; 20.383
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Administrative center	Zrenjanin
Government
• Commissioner	Predrag Rađenović
Area
• Total	3,256 km2 (1,257 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)
• Total	157,711
• Density	48/km2 (130/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	RS-02
Municipalities	4 and 1 city
Settlements	55
- Cities and towns	4
- Villages	51
Website	www.srednjobanatski.okrug.gov.rs

The Central Banat District (Serbian: Средњобанатски округ, romanized: Srednjobanatski okrug, pronounced [srêdɲoːbǎnaːtskiː ôkruːɡ]; Hungarian: Közép-bánsági körzet) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It lies in the geographical region of Banat. According to the 2022 census results, it has a population of 157,711 inhabitants. The administrative center is the city of Zrenjanin.

Name

In Serbian, the district is known as Srednjobanatski okrug or Средњобанатски округ, in Croatian as Srednjobanatski okrug, in Hungarian as Közép-bánsági körzet, in Slovak as Sredobanátsky okres, in Romanian as Districtul Banatul Central, and in Rusyn as Стредобанатски окрух.

Municipalities

It encompasses the city of Zrenjanin and the following municipalities:

• Novi Bečej
• Nova Crnja
• Žitište
• Sečanj

Demographics

According to the last official census done in 2011, the Central Banat District has 187,667 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

Ethnic composition of the Central Banat district:^[2]

Churches

There are many buildings that stand out by their beauty: the Orthodox Church of Assumption from 1746, the Roman Catholic Church in Arač from 13th century and the Roman Catholic Cathedral from 1868 and the Reformatory Church from 1891.