Vojvodina

Vojvodina, officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital Belgrade and the Sava and Danube Rivers. The administrative center, Novi Sad, is the second-largest city in Serbia. The historic regions of Banat, Bačka, and Syrmia overlap the province. Modern Vojvodina is multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, with some 26 ethnic groups and six official languages. About two million people, nearly 27% of Serbia's population, live in the province. Name Vojvodina is also the Serbian word for voivodeship, a type of duchy overseen by a voivode. The Serbian Voivodeship, a precursor to modern Vojvodina, was an Austrian province from 1849 to 1860. Its official name is the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Its name in the province's six official languages is: Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Војводина / Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina Croatian: Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina Pannonian Rusyn: Автономна Покраїна Войводина (Avtonomna Pokrayina Voyvodina) Slovak: Autonómna pokrajina Vojvodina Romanian: Provincia Autonomă Voivodina Hungarian: Vajdaság Autonóm Tartomány