Novi Pazar

Novi Pazar
Нови Пазар (Serbian)
Град Нови Пазар
Grad Novi Pazar

City of Novi Pazar
Coat of arms of Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar is located in Serbia
Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar
Location within Serbia
Novi Pazar is located in Balkans
Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar
Location within Europe
Novi Pazar is located in Europe
Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar (Europe)
Coordinates: 43°08′16″N 20°30′58″E / 43.13778°N 20.51611°E / 43.13778; 20.51611
Country Serbia
RegionŠumadija and Western Serbia
DistrictRaška District
Founded1461
Settlements100
Government
 • MayorNihat Biševac (SDP)
Area
 • Rank31st in Serbia
 • Urban15.34 km2 (5.92 sq mi)
 • Administrative742 km2 (286 sq mi)
Elevation
477 m (1,565 ft)
Population
 (2022 census)[2]
 • Rank10th in Serbia
 • Urban
71,462
 • Urban density4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
 • Administrative
106,720
 • Administrative density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
36300
36302
36303
36316
36318
36319
36322
Area code+381(0)20
ISO 3166 codeSRB
Car platesNP
ClimateCfb
Websitewww.novipazar.rs

Novi Pazar (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Пазар) is a city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the urban area has 71,462 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 106,720 inhabitants.[3] The city is the cultural center of the Bosniaks in Serbia and of Sandžak.[4] A multicultural area of Muslims and Orthodox Christians, many monuments of both religions, like the Altun-Alem Mosque and the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, are located in the region which has a total of 30 protected monuments of culture.[5]

  1. ^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
  2. ^ "2022 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings: Ethnicity (data by municipalities and cities)" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. April 2023. ISBN 978-86-6161-228-2. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  3. ^ "2022 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  4. ^ Ahrens, Geert-Hinrich (6 March 2007). Diplomacy on the Edge: Containment of Ethnic Conflict and the Minorities Working Group of the Conferences on Yugoslavia. Woodrow Wilson Center Press. pp. 223–. ISBN 9780801885570. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  5. ^ Novosel, Piše: S. (14 April 2019). "Reljina gradina postala spomenik kulture". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-10-25.

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