The North BaÃÂka District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the geographical region of BaÃÂka. According to the 2022 census, the North BaÃÂka District has a population of 160,163 inhabitants. The administrative center of the district is the city of Subotica.
In the 9th century, the area was ruled by the Bulgarian-Slavic duke Salan. From the 11th to the 16th century, during the administration of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, the area was divided between the Bodrogiensis County, Bacsensis County, Csongradiensis County, and Cumania region. From 1526 to 1527, the area was ruled by the independent Serb ruler, emperor Jovan Nenad, while during Ottoman administration (16th to 17th century), it was part of the Sanjak of Segedin.
During Habsburg administration (18th century), the area was divided between the Military Frontier and the Batsch County. The Batsch County was joined with the Bodrog County into the single Batsch-Bodrog County in the 18th century. Since the abolishment of the TheiÃÂ-Marosch section of the Military Frontier in 1751, part of that territory was also included into the Batsch-Bodrog County. In the 1850s, the area was part of the Sombor District, and after 1860, it was again included into Batsch-Bodrog County.
During the royal Serb-Croat-Slovene (Yugoslav) administration (1918âÂÂ1941), the area was part of the Novi Sad County (1918âÂÂ1922), BaÃÂka Oblast (1922âÂÂ1929), and Danube Banovina (1929âÂÂ1941).
During the Hungarian-German Axis occupation (1941âÂÂ1944), the area was included into Bács-Bodrog County. From 1944, the area was part of the autonomous Yugoslav Vojvodina (which was part of the newly established Socialist Republic of Serbia from 1945). The present-day administrative districts of Serbia (including the North BaÃÂka District) were established in 1992 by the decree of the Government of Serbia.
The North BaÃÂka District encompasses the territories of one city and two municipalities:
There are two towns with over 10,000 inhabitants.
Two municipalities have a Hungarian ethnic majority: BaÃÂka Topola (55.6%) and Mali IÃÂoà ¡ (51.8%); while Subotica has Serb relative ethnic majority (34.3%). As for local communities, 20 have a Hungarian ethnic majority, 16 have a Serb ethnic majority, seven have Croatian/Bunjevci ethnic majority, and two are ethnically mixed, with a Hungarian relative ethnic majority.
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