North Banat District
The North Banat District is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the geographical regions of Banat and Bačka. According to the 2022 census, the North Banat District has a population of 117,896 inhabitants. The administrative center of the district is the city of Kikinda.
History
In the 9th century, the area was ruled by the Bulgarian-Slavic dukes Glad and Salan, while in the 11th century, the eastern part of the area was ruled by duke Ahtum. From the 11th to the 16th century, during the administration of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, the area was divided between the Csanadiensis County, Temesiensis County and Torontaliensis County in the east, and the Csongradiensis County, Bacsensis County and Bodrogiensis County in the west. Part of the area was also located within the Cumania region. From 1526 to 1527, the area was ruled by the independent Serb ruler, emperor Jovan Nenad, while during Ottoman administration, it was divided between the Temeşvar Eyalet in the east and the Sanjak of Segedin in the west.During Habsburg administration, the area was divided between the Banat of Temeswar in the east and the Military Frontier in the west. Since the abolishment of the Theiß-Marosch section of the Military Frontier, and the abolishment of the Banat of Temeswar, the area was divided between the Torontal County in the east and the Batsch-Bodrog County in the west, with a small part of it located within the Tschongrad County. Much of the area was part of the autonomous districts of Velika Kikinda in the east and Potisje in the west. In the 1850s, the area was divided between the Veliki Bečkerek District in the east and the Sombor and Novi Sad districts in the west. After 1860, it was again divided between Torontal, Batsch-Bodrog and Tschongrad counties.
During the Yugoslav administration, the area was initially divided between the Veliki Bečkerek County in the east and the Novi Sad County in the west. From 1922 to 1929, it was part of the Belgrade Oblast, and from 1929 to 1941 part of the Danube Banovina.
During the German-Hungarian Axis occupation, the area was divided between the Banat autonomous region in the east and the Bács-Bodrog County in the west. Initially, the Banat region was part of the rump Danube Banovina, but from December 1941, it was organized as one of the districts of Serbia and was officially named the District of Veliki Bečkerek.
From 1944, the area was part of autonomous Yugoslav Vojvodina. The present-day administrative districts of Serbia were established in 1992 by the decree of the Government of Serbia.
Cities and municipalities
The North Banat District encompasses the territories of one city and five municipalities:An interesting fact is that the first three municipalities enlisted are geographically, in fact, in the Bačka region, since the natural border between Banat and Bačka is the river Tisa.