Statistical regions of Serbia
Statistical regions of Serbia Статистички региони Србије Statistički regioni Srbije | |
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Republic of Serbia | |
Created by | Government of Serbia Law on Equal Territorial Development, Law of the Official Statistics |
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Number | 5 regions |
Populations | 1,563,916 (Southern and Eastern Serbia) – 2,031,697 (Šumadija and Western Serbia) |
Areas | 3,225 km2 (1,245 sq mi) (Belgrade) – 26,483 km2 (10,225 sq mi) (Šumadija and Western Serbia) |
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The statistical regions of Serbia (
Introduction
In 2009,
The five statistical regions of Serbia are:
Statistical regional classification
In a bylaw from 2010, the Government of Serbia specified a nomenclature of statistic territorial units in the country.[5] The act was an attempt to synchronize the existing statistical division of the country with the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics of the European Union. According to the act, an additional top level of grouping was introduced, with the territory of Serbia divided into two NUTS 1 regions:
- Serbia-North, comprising
- Serbia-South, comprising
The five statistical regions would therefore become NUTS
Officially, NUTS regions only exist for EU Member States. For EFTA, EU candidate and potential candidate countries, the European Commission agrees with the countries concerned on a nomenclature referred to as "Statistical regions".
See also
References
- ^ Sedam regiona za ravnomerniji razvoj (in Serbian), Politika, 5 June 2009
- National Assembly of Serbia[permanent dead link]
- ^ Uvrede, optužbe, alkotest i regioni (in Serbian), B92, 7 April 2010, retrieved 14 October 2013
- ^ . (in Serbian), emportal, 4 February 2010
- ^ Government of Serbia (2010), Uredba o nomenklaturi statističkih teritorijalnih jedinica (PDF) (in Serbian), Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, p. 2
- ^ Analysis of the availability and the quality of data on Western Balkans and Turkey (PDF), ESPON, March 2011, pp. 25–26