North Banat District
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| Capital | Kikinda |
| Area – Total – % water | ? n/a |
| Population – Total – Density | 165,881 (2002) ? |
| Ethnic groups (2002) | Hungarians: 47.35% Serbs: 43.55% Roma: 2.37% Yugoslavs: 1.81% |
| Commissioner | ? |
| Time zone | UTC +1 |
North Banat District (Serbian: Severnobanatski okrug or Севернобанатски округ, Hungarian: Észak Bánsági Körzet, Croatian: Sjevernobanatski okrug, Slovak: Severobanátsky okres, Romanian: Districtul Banatul de Nord, Rusyn: Сивернобанатски окрух) is a northern district of Serbia. It lies in the regions of Banat and Bačka, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. As of the 2002 census, the district has a population of 165,881. The seat of the district is Kikinda.
Municipalities
The North Banat District comprises of 6 municipalities and 50 local communities. The municipalities are:
- Kanjiža (Hungarian: Magyarkanizsa)
- Senta (Hungarian: Zenta)
- Ada (Hungarian: Ada)
- Čoka (Hungarian: Csóka)
- Novi Kneževac
- Kikinda
Demographics
The district is ethnically mixed. Its population is composed of (Census 2002):
- Hungarians = 78,551 (47.35%)
- Serbs = 72,242 (43.55%)
- Roma = 3,944 (2.37%)
- Yugoslavs = 3,018 (1.81%)
- Others
As for local communities, 30 have Hungarian majority, 19 have Serb majority, and 1 is ethnically mixed, with Hungarian relative majority.
Culture
In Kikinda was founded the first modern Serb printing-house in 1878, to be followed a year later by the opening of the first library.
This city is also reputable for its painters, including Teodor Ilić Češljar, Nikola Aleksić, Đura Pecić, and Đura Jakšić, a painter and author.
Kikinda was the scene of the region's first theatrical performance, given in German, in 1796.
Economy
Kikinda is the center of the Serbian clay building materials production, as a seat of the IGM DD "Toza Marković" company, which is the oldest clay producer in Europe. The "Kikinda" foundry is the major Serbian producer and exporter of grinders. Also the "25 maj" factory of agricultural machines and equipment, and the "Electron" are the factories running production for both the local and foreign markets.
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