Central Banat District (Srednjebanatski okrug) is a northeastern district of Serbia. It lies in the region of Banat, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina.
It encompasses the municipalities of:
- Novi Bečej
- Nova Crnja
- Žitište
- Sečanj
- Zrenjanin.
It has a population of 208,456 (2002). According to the last census in this district live 150,794 Serbs, 27,842 Hungarians and 5,156 Romanians. Seat of the District is in the city of Zrenjanin.
There are many buildings that stand out by their beautifulness: the Orthodox Church of Assumption from 1746, the Roman-Catholic Cathedral from 1868 and the Reformatory Church from 1891.
Economy of Zrenjanin is diverse: industry, agriculture, forestry, building industry , and transport.
The leading branch is the food-processing industry, integrated under the "Servo Mihalj" Industrial- Agricultural Combine.
Other major representatives of the Zrenjanin economy are: the DD "ZIP" brewery, the DD "Luxol" chemical industry and the "Žarko Zrenjanin" furniture factory.
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