Central Banat District

Central Banat District (Средњобанатски округ, Srednjobanatski okrug) is a northeastern district of Serbia. It lies in the region of Banat, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 186,851. Seat of the District is in the city of Zrenjanin.

Name
In Serbian, the district is known as Srednjobanatski okrug or Средњобанатски округ, in Croatian as Srednjobanatski okrug, in Hungarian as Közép-bánsági körzet, in Slovak as Sredobanátsky okres, in Romanian as Districtul Banatul Central, and in Rusyn as Стредобанатски окрух.

Municipalities
It encompasses the municipalities of:
 * Novi Bečej
 * Nova Crnja
 * Žitište
 * Sečanj
 * Zrenjanin

Demographics
According to the last census (2011) in this district live:
 * Serbs = 134,264 (71.54%)
 * Hungarians = 23,550 (12.55%)
 * Roma = 7,267 (3.87%)
 * Romanians = 4,214 (2.24%)
 * Slovaks = 2,135 (1.14%)
 * Yugoslavs = 769 (0.4%)
 * Others

Churches
There are many buildings that stand out by their beauty: the Orthodox Church of Assumption from 1746, the Roman Catholic Church in Arač from 13th century and the Roman Catholic Cathedral from 1868 and the Reformatory Church from 1891.

Economy
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 sugar factory.

However, many companies are in very bad condition, except "Dijamant" oil industry and "Mlekoprodukt" milk factory.

The city of Zrenjanin used to be the fourth largest industry center in former Yugoslavia.