Zrenjanin

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Zrenjanin Зрењанин (Serbian) Nagybecskerek (Hungarian)[1] Becicherecu Mare (Romanian)[1] Zreňanin (Slovak)[1]
City
City of Zrenjanin
Freedom Square in Zrenjanin Zrenjanin City Hall Zrenjanin Court House Church of Dormition of Virgin Mary Cathedral of St. John of Nepomuk Reformation Church National Museum Dunđerski Palace Zrenjanin Vodotoranj Small Bridge
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)[2]
• Rank	10th 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
Official languages	Serbian together with Hungarian, Romanian and Slovak[1]
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).^[2] The old name for Zrenjanin is Veliki Bečkerek or Nagybecskerek as it was known under Austria-Hungary up until 1918. 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.^[3]

Zrenjanin is the 2nd largest city in the Serbian part of the Banat geographical region, and the 4th largest city in Vojvodina (after Novi Sad, Subotica and Pancevo).^[2] The city was designated European City of Sport 2021.^[4]