Mačvanska Mitrovica


Mačvanska Mitrovica is a town located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Syrmia District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,896 people.

Name

Its name means "Mitrovica of Mačva". In Serbian, the town is known as Mačvanska Mitrovica, in Croatian as Mačvanska Mitrovica, and in Hungarian as Szenternye. Other Serbian names used for the town include Srpska Mitrovica, Mala Mitrovica, and Mitrovica.

Geography

Together with the neighbouring villages of Noćaj, Salaš Noćajski, Radenković, Ravnje and Zasavica II, the town of Mačvanska Mitrovica is the only town in Vojvodina located in the Mačva region, i.e. on the right bank of the river Sava.

Notable residents

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