Šumadija and Western Serbia


The Šumadija and Western Serbia is one of the five statistical regions of Serbia. It is also a level-2 statistical region according to the European Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. It was formed in 2010. The region has a total population of 2,031,697, according to the 2011 census.

Formation

In July 2009, the Serbian parliament adopted a new law in which Serbia was divided into seven statistical regions. According to the law, territory of present-day Šumadija and Western Serbia was divided into two statistical regions – Western Region and Central Region.
However, in May 2010, the law was modified and Western and Central region were merged into a single statistical region whose name is Šumadija and Western Serbia.

Districts

The statistical region of Šumadija and Western Serbia is composed of 8 administrative districts:

Cities and towns

The largest cities and towns of the region are:
City or townPopulation
Kragujevac150,835
Čačak73,331
Novi Pazar66,527
Kraljevo64,175
Valjevo59,073
Kruševac58,745
Šabac53,919
Užice52,593
Jagodina37,282
Paraćin25,104
Aranđelovac24,797
Loznica24,363
Gornji Milanovac24,216
Trstenik15,282