Zrenjanin

Zrenjanin Зрењанин (Serbian) Nagybecskerek (Hungarian)
City
City of Zrenjanin
From top: Freedom Square, Zrenjanin City Hall, National Museum, Cathedral of St. John of Nepomuk, Begej river, The building of Vojvodina Bank, Zrenjanin Court House
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Zrenjanin within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°23′0″N 20°23′22″ECoordinates: 45°23′0″N 20°23′22″E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	Central Banat
Settled by Roxolani	3rd century AD
Founded	10 July 1326
City status	6 June 1769
Government
• Mayor	Simo Salapura (SNS)
Area
• Rank	3rd in Serbia
• Urban	193.03 km2 (74.53 sq mi)
• Administrative	1,325.88 km2 (511.93 sq mi)
Elevation	76 m (249 ft)
Population  (2011 census)[1]
• Rank	10th in Serbia
• Urban	76,511
• Urban density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
• Administrative	123,362
• Administrative density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Demonym	Zrenjaninci  (sr)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	23000
Area code	+381(0)23
Car plates	ZR
Website	www.zrenjanin.rs

Zrenjanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Зрењанин, pronounced [zrɛ̌ɲanin]; Hungarian: Nagybecskerek; Romanian: Becicherecu Mare; Slovak: Zreňanin; German: Großbetschkerek) is a city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 76,511 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 123,362 inhabitants (2011 census data). The old name for Zrenjanin is Veliki Bečkerek or Nagybecskerek as it was known under Austria-Hungary up until 1918.

Zrenjanin is the largest city in the Serbian part of the Banat geographical region, and the third largest city in Vojvodina (after Novi Sad and Subotica). The city was designated European city of sport.