Zrenjanin

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Zrenjanin Зрењанин (Serbian) Nagybecskerek (Hungarian)
City
City of Zrenjanin
From top: Freedom Square with Zrenjanin City Hall and Cathedral of St. John of Nepomuk, National Museum, Zrenjanin Vodotoranj, Dr Zoran Djindjic Square, Small Bridge, King Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic main street, Reformed Church
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Zrenjanin within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°23′0″N 20°23′22″E / 45.38333°N 20.38944°E / 45.38333; 20.38944
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  (2022 census)[1]
• Rank	11th in Serbia
• Urban	67,129
• Urban density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
• Administrative	105,722
• Administrative density	80/km2 (210/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
ISO 3166 code	SRB
Car plates	ZR/ЗР
Website	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 67,129 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 105,722 inhabitants (2022 census data). The old name for Zrenjanin is Veliki Bečkerek or Nagybecskerek as it was known under Austria-Hungary up until 1918. A thousand Catalans founded on 1735 New Barcelona in a place which is now the suburb of Dolja within Zrenjanin, exiled from the War of the Spanish Succession. After World War I and the liberation of Veliki Bečkerek the new name of the city was Petrovgrad, in honor of His Majesty King Peter I the Great Liberator, the King of Serbia and the King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

Zrenjanin is the 2nd 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.