Zrenjanin
Sign in to saveZrenjanin is a city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 105,722 inhabitants (2022 census data). The old name for Zrenjanin is Veliki Bečkerek or Nagybecskerek as it was known under Austria-Hungary up until 1918. After World War I and the liberation of Veliki Bečkerek the new name of the city was Petrovgrad, in honor of His Majesty King Peter I the Great Liberator, the King of Serbia and the King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
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Zrenjanin is a city in Serbia's Vojvodina province that serves as the administrative center of the Central Banat District, with a population of over 105,000 residents in its administrative area. The city was renamed Zrenjanin in the 20th century after being known as Veliki Bečkerek during Austro-Hungarian rule and briefly as Petrovgrad following World War I.
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Key facts
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- Central Banat
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- Mayor
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- SNS
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- Simo Salapura
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- Settled by Roxolani
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- 3rd century AD
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- Founded
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- 10 July 1326
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- City status
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- 6 June 1769
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- Urban
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- Zrenjanin
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- Name
- History
- Prehistory
- Middle Ages
- Ottoman period
- Habsburg and Austrian period (1718–1914)
- World War I and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Second World War and SFR Yugoslavia
- After 1991
- Geography
- Inhabited places
- Neighbourhoods in Zrenjanin
- Climate
- Demographics
- Ethnic groups
- Urbanization
- Religion
- Economy
- Transportation
- Culture
- Main sights
- In popular culture
- Tourism
- Sports
- Notable residents
- International relations
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- Notes
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Zrenjanin is a city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 105,722 inhabitants (2022 census data). The old name for Zrenjanin is Veliki Bečkerek or Nagybecskerek as it was known under Austria-Hungary up until 1918. After World War I and the liberation of Veliki Bečkerek the new name of the city was Petrovgrad, in honor of His Majesty King Peter I the Great Liberator, the King of Serbia and the King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Zrenjanin is the second largest city in the Serbian part of the Banat geographical region, and the 4th largest city in Vojvodina (after Novi Sad, Subotica and Pančevo). The city was designated European City of Sport 2021.