Mačvanska Mitrovica (Serbian Cyrillic: Мачванска Митровица, ) is a town located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Srem District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,873 people (2011 census).
Name Its name means "Mitrovica of Mačva" (Mitrovica of Srem and Mitrovica of Kosovo also exist). In Serbian, the town is known as Mačvanska Mitrovica (Мачванска Митровица), in Croatian as Mačvanska Mitrovica, and in Hungarian as Szenternye. Other Serbian names used for the town include Srpska Mitrovica (Српска Митровица), Mala Mitrovica (Мала Митровица), and Mitrovica (Митровица).
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, and thus on the Balkan Peninsula.
Notable residents Former professional footballer Nikola Budišić was born in the town
Demographics
Ethnic groups (2002 census): Serbs = 3,621 Romani = 87 Croats = 21 Yugoslavs = 14 Hungarians = 10 others.
Historical population
1921: 220 1931: 567 1948: 705 1953: 869 1961: 1,408 1971: 3,357 1981: 3,661 1991: 3,788 2002: 3,896
See also List of places in Serbia List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
References
Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.