Novi Pazar
Нови Пазар (Serbian) | |
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Град Нови Пазар Grad Novi Pazar City of Novi Pazar | |
Panorama of Novi Pazar Novi Pazar Fortress | |
Coordinates: 43°08′16″N 20°30′58″E / 43.13778°N 20.51611°E | |
Country | Serbia |
Region | Šumadija and Western Serbia |
District | Raška District |
Founded | 1461 |
Settlements | 100 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Nihat Biševac (SDP) |
Area | |
• Rank | 31st in Serbia |
• Urban | 15.34 km2 (5.92 sq mi) |
• Administrative | 742 km2 (286 sq mi) |
Elevation | 477 m (1,565 ft) |
Population (2022 census)[2] | |
• Rank | 10th in Serbia |
• Urban | 71,462 |
• Urban density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
• Administrative | 106,720 |
• Administrative density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 36300 36302 36303 36316 36318 36319 36322 |
Area code | +381(0)20 |
ISO 3166 code | SRB |
Car plates | NP |
Climate | Cfb |
Website | www |
Novi Pazar (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Пазар) is a city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the urban area has 71,462 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 106,720 inhabitants.[3] The city is the cultural center of the Bosniaks in Serbia and of Sandžak.[4] A multicultural area of Muslims and Orthodox Christians, many monuments of both religions, like the Altun-Alem Mosque and the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, are located in the region which has a total of 30 protected monuments of culture.[5]