Sremska Mitrovica

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Sremska Mitrovica (Serbian: Сремска Митровица or Sremska Mitrovica, Rusin: Сримска Митровица, Croatian: Sr(ij)emska Mitrovica, Hungarian: Szávaszentdemeter, German: Syrmisch Mitrowitz, Latin: Sirmium) is a city located in the Vojvodina province of Serbia and Montenegro at 44.98° North, 19.61° East. As of 2002 the city had a total population of 39,041, while Sremska Mitrovica municipality had a population of 85,605. It is the administrative centre of the Srem District of Serbia.

The population of the Sremska Mitrovica municipality is composed of: Serbs (forming an absolute majority of 87%), Croats, Rusins, Roma, Hungarians, etc. Ethnically mixed families are also very common in this city. Up to 1991 many of them declared themselves as Yugoslavs.

1 History
2 Inhabited places
3 See also
4 External links

History

"Sremska Mitrovica" means "Mitrovica of Srem" (Mitrovica of Kosovo also exists), while "Mitrovica" itself stems from the name "Saint Demetrius" or "Свети Димитрије" ("Sveti Dimitrije") in the Serbian language. The name of the city during the reign of the Roman Empire was Sirmium. Beginning in 1180 A.D. the name changed from "Civitas Sancti Demetrii" to "Dmitrovica", "Mitrovica", and finally to the present form - "Sremska Mitrovica". In the days of the Roman Empire it was one of the four capital cities of the Empire (See: Sirmium).

During WW2, the city was occupied by the Nazis and was attached to the Independent State of Croatia. During that time its name was changed to Hrvatska Mitrovica (meaning Croatian Mitrovica).