en Podunavlje District

Podunavlje District
Подунавски округ
Podunavski okrug
Podunavlje District; Подунавски округ; Podunavski okrug
District of Serbia
	Images from the Podunavlje District
	Location of the Podunavlje District within Serbia
	Coordinates: 44°40′N 20°56′E / 44.667°N 20.933°E
Country	Serbia
Region	Southern and Eastern Serbia
Administrative center	Smederevo
Government
• Commissioner	Jasna Avramović
Area
• Total	1,248 km2 (482 sq mi)
Population (2021 census)
• Total	176,935
• Density	141.8/km2 (367/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	RS-10
Municipalities	2 and 1 city
Settlements	58
- Cities and towns	3
- Villages	55
Website	www.podunavskiokrug.rs

The Podunavlje District (Serbian: Подунавски округ, romanized: Podunavski okrug, pronounced [pôdǔnaʋskiː ôkruːɡ]) is one of nine administrative districts of Southern and Eastern Serbia. The district's name refers to its location by—specifically, to the south of—the Danube river. It expands across the central parts of Serbia. According to the 2011 census results, it has a population of 199,395 inhabitants. The administrative center is the city of Smederevo.

Cities and municipalities

It encompasses the municipalities of:

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1948	153,039	—
1953	164,975	+7.8%
1961	180,122	+9.2%
1971	197,205	+9.5%
1981	220,425	+11.8%
1991	226,089	+2.6%
2002	209,987	−7.1%
2011	199,395	−5.0%
2022	175,573	−11.9%
Source: ^[1]

According to the last official census done in 2011, the Podunavlje District has 199,395 inhabitants. 52.09% of the population lives in the urban areas.

Ethnic groups

Ethnic composition of the district:

Ethnic group	Population	Percentage
Serbs	188,641	94,61%
Romani	3,312	1,66%
Macedonians	449	0,23%
Montenegrins	414	0,21%
Croats	256	0,13%
Yugoslavs	182	0,09%
Hungarians	159	0,08%
Others	5,982	3,00%
Total	199,395	100,00%

History and culture

Smederevo was the capital of the Serb State in the fourteenth century - there stood the royal palace at the time of the then Serbian ruler Đurađ Branković. Today, in the remnants of the Smederevo fortress, finished in 1430, traces of the former palace, chapel, and the house of the royal family can be discerned. At the old city cemetery stands a church from the fourteenth century, assumed to have been the family vault of the Serb ruler Đurađ Branković, which gave rise to numerous legends.

This area is also well known as the place of the Karađorđe's assassination after The First Serbian Uprising around the Pokajnica monastery near Velika Plana.