Novi Sad

Novi Sad - Нови Сад
Novi Sad - Нови Сад
	— Ceety —
	Frae top left: Auld toun, Liberty Bridge, NIS, Matica Srpska, Orthodox Cathedral o Saunt George, Petrovaradin, Liberty Square, Petrovaradin Fortress, Panoramic view
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	; Coat o airms
	Location athin Europe an Serbie
	Coordinates: 45°15′N 19°51′E / 45.25°N 19.85°E
Kintra	Serbie
Province	Vojvodina
Destrict	Sooth Bačka
Municipalities	2
Settled bi Scordisci	4t century B.C.
Foondit	1694 as Racki Grad (Serb Ceety)
Ceety status	1 Februar 1748 as Novi Sad
	Govrenment
- Mayor	Igor Pavličić (DS) - (DS, LSV, SPS)
	Aurie
- Novi Sad	1,104.6 km2 (426.5 sq mi)
Hicht	80 m (262 ft)
	Indwallers (2011)
- Novi Sad	221,854
- Densitie	164.7/km2 (426.5/sq mi)
- Metro	335,701
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Simmer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	21000
Aurie code(s)	+381(0)21
Caur plates	NS
Wabsteid	www.novisad.rs

Novi Sad (Serbie Cyrillic: Нови Сад, pronounced [nɔ̝̂v̞iː sâːd] ( listen)) is the caipital^[3] o the northren Serbian province o Vojvodina, an the admeenistrative centre o the Sooth Bačka Destrict. The ceety is locatit in the soothrern pairt o Pannonian Plain on the Danube river.

Novi Sad is the seicont lairgest ceety in Serbie, efter Belgrade.^[4]^[5] Accordin tae August 2011 data, the ceety haes an urban population o 293,508, while its municipal population wis 381,388.^[6] It is locatit on the border o the Bačka an Srem regions, on the banks o the Danube river an Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal, facin the northren slopes o Fruška Gora mountain.

The ceety wis foondit in 1694, when Serb merchants formed a colony athort the Danube frae the Petrovaradin fortress, a Habsburg strategic military post. In the 18t an 19t centuries, it became an important merchant an manufacturin centre, as well as a centre o Serbie cultur o that period, earnin the nickname Serbie Athens.^[7]^[8] The ceety wis hivily devastatit in the 1848 Revolution, but it wis subsequently restored. During the ceety's lang history, it haes maintained its multi-cultural identity, wi Serbs, Hungarians an Germans being the main ethnic groups. The day, Novi Sad is an industrial an financial centre o the Serbian economy, as well as a major cultural hub.

Sister ceeties [edit]

See an aw: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Serbie

Novi Sad haes relationships wi several twin touns. Ane o the main streets in its ceety centre is named efter Modena in Italy; an likewise Modena haes named a pairk in its toun centre Parco di Piazza d'Armi Novi Sad. The Novi Sad Friendship Brig in Norwich, Unitit Kinrick, bi Buro Happold, wis an aa named in honour o Novi Sad. Besides twin ceeties, Novi Sad haes mony signed greements on joint cooperation wi mony European ceeties (see an aa: Twin ceeties o Novi Sad). Novi Sad's twin touns are: