Zrenjanin

Zrenjanin
Зрењанин (Serbian)
Nagybecskerek (Hungarian)
Becicherecu Mare (Romanian)
Zreňanin (Slovak)
City of Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin
Coordinates: 45°22′57″N 20°23′30″E / 45.38250°N 20.39167°E / 45.38250; 20.39167
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
DistrictCentral Banat
Settled by Roxolani3rd century AD
Founded10 July 1326
City status6 June 1769
Government
 • MayorSimo Salapura (SNS)
Area
 • Rank3rd in Serbia
 • Urban193.03 km2 (74.53 sq mi)
 • Administrative1,325.88 km2 (511.93 sq mi)
Elevation
76 m (249 ft)
Population
 (2022 census)
 • Rank10th in Serbia
 • Urban
67,129
 • Urban density347.76/km2 (900.71/sq mi)
 • Administrative
105,722
 • Administrative density79.7372/km2 (206.518/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Serbian: Зрењанинац (m), Зрењанинка (f), Zrenjaninac (m), Zrenjaninka (f)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
23000
Area code+381(0)23
ISO 3166 codeSRB
Official languagesSerbian together with Hungarian, Romanian and Slovak
Websitezrenjanin.rs
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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.