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 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS).
History In 2009, the National Assembly adopted a 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 2010, the law was modified and Western and Central regions were merged into a single statistical region named Šumadija and Western Serbia.
Administrative districts The statistical region of Šumadija and Western Serbia encompasses the territories of 8 administrative districts:
District Area (km2) Population (2022) Seat Mačva 3,264 265,377 Šabac Kolubara 2,474 154,497 Valjevo Moravica 3,016 189,281 Čačak Zlatibor 6,142 254,659 Užice Šumadija 2,387 269,728 Kragujevac Pomoravlje 2,614 182,047 Jagodina Raška 3,922 296,532 Kraljevo Rasina 2,664 207,197 Kruševac
Demographics Cities and towns The following list include cities and towns with over 20,000 inhabitants. City or town Population (2022) Kragujevac 146,315 Novi Pazar 71,462 Čačak 69,598 Kraljevo 57,432 Valjevo 56,059 Kruševac 53,746 Šabac 51,163 Užice 48,539 Jagodina 34,892 Gornji Milanovac 23,109 Aranđelovac 22,881 Paraćin 22,349 Ethnic structure +EthnicityPopulation (2022)ShareSerbs1,547,12185%Bosniaks151,3748.3%Roma17,1670.9%ethnic Muslims7,5590.4%Undeclared15,2340.8%Unknown66,9553.7%
See also Southern and Eastern Serbia Statistical regions of Serbia
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Usvojene izmene i dopune Zakona o regionalnom-razvoju (in Serbian)