Niš

Niš is The largest city in southeastern Serbia, Nis District seat. The town of Nis, according to the 2002 census. year, 250,518 people lived, while in the city with 173,724 inhabitants, so the fourth largest city in Serbia (after Belgrade, Novi Sad and Priština). It is located about 250 kilometers southeast of Belgrade on the river Nisava, near its confluence with the South Morava River. The city of Nis has an area of 597 km ², including low Spa and 68 suburbs.

Niš was the administrative, military and trade center of various states and empires which, in its long history, belonged. In the area of present-day Niš, in the ancient city Naissus born Roman emperor Constantine the Great and Constantius III.Geographic Niche position made it strategically important and therefore attractive city for many conquerors. Throughout history, the territory on which the town today is passed Dardanians, Thracians, Illyrians, Celts, Romans, Huns, Avars, and later the Byzantines, Serbs, Bulgarians and Turks. On several occasions the city was occupied by Hungarians and Austrians. Was freed from the Turks 1878th and since then is once again part of Serbia, with short breaks during the First and Second World War, when it was under occupation. The influence of the people who lived in present-day city of Nis is observed in the cultural heritage of the city, especially in its architectural diversity.

Transport infrastructure in the territory of Nis makes it a crossroad of land and air traffic Balkans (particularly due to intensive traffic to Turkey and Greece) and because it is located on the territory of Niš Constantine the Great International Airport, which carries the international sign of INI. Is an important economic, academic, cultural, religious and political center of Serbia. University of Nis, founded in 1965. year, has 13 faculties and about 30,000 students, and the city is the location of Niš Eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

The City of Niš from 2004. subdivided into five urban municipalities.