South Banat District Јужнобанатски округ Južnobanatski okrug Dél-bánsági körzet Districtul Banatul de Sud Juhobanátsky okres
District of Serbia
Images from the South Banat District
Location of the South Banat District within Serbia
Coordinates: 44°52′N 20°38′E / 44.867°N 20.633°E / 44.867; 20.633
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Administrative center	Pančevo
Government
• Commissioner	Marina Toman (SNS)
Area
• Total	4,245 km2 (1,639 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)
• Total	260,244
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	RS-04
Municipalities	8 (2 cities)
Settlements	94
- Cities and towns	10
- Villages	84
Website	juznobanatski.okrug.gov.rs

The South Banat District (Serbian: Јужнобанатски округ, romanized: Južnobanatski okrug, pronounced [jûʒnobǎnaːtskiː ôkruːɡ]; Hungarian: Dél-bánsági körzet; Romanian: Districtul Banatul de Sud; Slovak: Juhobanátsky okres) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The administrative center of the district is the city of Pančevo. The district lies in the region of Banat. According to the 2011 census results, it has a population of 260,244 inhabitants.

Name

In Serbian, the district is known as Južnobanatski okrug (Јужнобанатски округ), in Croatian as Južnobanatski okrug, in Hungarian as Dél-bánsági körzet, in Slovak as Juhobanátsky okres, in Romanian as Districtul Banatul de Sud, and in Rusyn as Јужнобанатски окрух.

Municipalities

It encompasses the cities of Pančevo and Vršac and the following municipalities:

• Plandište
• Opovo
• Kovačica
• Alibunar
• Bela Crkva
• Kovin
• Pančevo
• Vršac

Demographics

According to the last official census done in 2011, the South Banat District has 293,730 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

Most of the municipalities in the district have an ethnic Serb majority, while the municipality of Kovačica is ethnically mixed, with a relative Slovak majority (41.8%). Ethnic composition of the South Banat district:^[2]

Culture

Pančevo is distinguished for its numerous cultural institutions: the National Library 'Veljko Vlahović', the Historic Archives, and the Institute for Protection of Culture Monuments.

The most remarkable cultural monuments in this region are the Vojlovica Monastery built in 1405, the Church of Assumption, the Church of Transfiguration built in 1811 and the National Museum built in 1833.