Sremska Mitrovica
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Sremska Mitrovica (Serbian pronunciation: [srêːmskaː mîtroʋitsa]; Serbian Cyrillic: Сремска Митровица, Hungarian: Szávaszentdemeter, Latin: Sirmium) is a city and the administrative center of the Srem District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Sava river. As of 2022[update], the city has a total population of 40,144 inhabitants, while its administrative area has a population of 72,580 inhabitants.
Sremska Mitrovica
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City of Sremska Mitrovica | |
From top: Panorama of the city, Town library, Imperial Palace in Sirmium, Military- border building, Town Gallery, Building of the Police Station, The "Stone flower" fountain | |
Coordinates: 44°58′12″N 19°36′45″E | |
Country | Serbia |
Province | Vojvodina |
Region | Syrmia |
District | Srem |
Municipality | Sremska Mitrovica |
Settlements | 26 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Svetlana Milovanović (SNS) |
Area | |
• Urban | 49.62 km2 (19.16 sq mi) |
• Administrative | 762 km2 (294 sq mi) |
Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
Population (2022 census)[2] | |
• Rank | 17th in Serbia |
• Urban | 40,144 |
• Urban density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
• Administrative | 72,580 |
• Administrative density | 95/km2 (250/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 22 000 |
Area code | +381(0)22 |
Car plates | SM |
Website | www |
As Sirmium, it was a capital of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy of 4th century CE. Ten Roman emperors were born in or near this city, Emperors Herennius Etruscus (251), Hostilian (251), Decius Traian (249–251), Claudius Gothicus (268–270), Quintillus (270), Aurelian (270–275), Probus (276–282), Maximian (285–310), Constantius II (337–361) and Gratian (367–383).