Šumadija District

Šumadija District

Шумадијски округ
Šumadijski okrug
Šumadija District Шумадијски округ ; Šumadijski okrug
District of Serbia
	Images from the Šumadija District
	Location of the Šumadija District within Serbia
	Coordinates: 43°59′N 20°53′E / 43.983°N 20.883°E
Country	Serbia
Region	Šumadija and Western Serbia
Administrative center	Kragujevac
Government
• Commissioner	Biljana Ilić Stošić (SNS)
Area
• Total	2,387 km2 (922 sq mi)
Population (2022 census)
• Total	269,728
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	RS-12
Municipalities	6 and 1 city
Settlements	174
- Cities and towns	5
- Villages	169
Website	www.sumadijski.okrug.gov.rs

The Šumadija District (Serbian: Шумадијски округ / Šumadijski okrug, pronounced [ʃumǎdijskiː ôkruːɡ]) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It is located in the central parts of the country. According to the 2022 census results, it has a population of 269,728 inhabitants, and the administrative center is the city of Kragujevac. The district is named after the geographical region of Šumadija.

Municipalities

The Šumadija District is divided into 6 municipalities and the city of Kragujevac. The municipalities of the district are:

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1948	216,533	—
1953	227,929	+1.03%
1961	241,047	+0.70%
1971	264,344	+0.93%
1981	301,354	+1.32%
1991	312,160	+0.35%
2002	298,778	−0.40%
2011	293,308	−0.21%
2022	268,728	−0.79%
Source: ^[1]

According to the last official census done in 2011, the Šumadija District had 293,308 inhabitants. 64.9% of the population lived in urban areas. The ethnic composition of the district:^[2]

Ethnic group	Population	%
Serbs	282,772	96.41%
Romani	2,095	0.71%
Montenegrins	927	0.32%
Macedonians	421	0.14%
Croats	281	0.10%
Yugoslavs	266	0.09%
Muslims	126	0.04%
Gorani	103	0.04%
Others	6,307	2.15%
Total	293,308

Culture and history

In the vicinity of Kragujevac stand several medieval monasteries, including the Annunciation monastery Divostin from the thirteenth century; the St. Nicholas monastery, believed to have existed at the time of the Battle of Kosovo in 1389; and the Drača monastery from unknown times.

In 1833 the Kragujevac Grammar School, the first Serb-language grammar school south of the Sava and Danube rivers, was founded in Kragujevac. Over the last fifty years this city of Serbian schooling has borne a symbol of grief: in the Memorial Park in Šumarice stands a monument to the pupils and teachers of this grammar school who were executed in World War II. Seeking to set a frightening example for all Serbia, German fascists executed 7,000 citizens in Kragujevac over the course of a single day, October 21, 1941. Among them were about 300 pupils and 18 teachers, including 15 boys from the ages of 8 to 15.