Nišava District

The Nišava District is one of administrative districts of . It lies in the southeastern parts of Serbia. According to the 2022 census, it has a population of 343,950 inhabitants.
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  • Type: district of Serbia with 344,000 residents
  • Description: District of Serbia
  • Also known as: Nisava District

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skull Tower and Memorial complex „12th February“.

Museum
is a stone structure embedded with human skulls located in , . It was constructed by the Ottoman Empire following the Battle of Čegar of May 1809, during the First Serbian Uprising.

Museum
Photo: Rtut, CC BY 3.0.
Crveni Krst, also known as the Niš concentration camp, was a concentration camp operated by the German Gestapo located in the municipality of , in German-occupied Serbia.

Castle
is a fortress in the city of , . It is a complex and important cultural and historical monument. It rises on the right bank of the River, overlooking the area inhabited for longer than two millennia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Niš and Medijana.

is a city in . The administrative centre of the Nišava District, it's a must-see historical city for any traveller passing through on their way to or the .

Suburb
Photo: Cveleglg, Public domain.
is one of five city municipalities which constitute the city of . It is the central and the most populous city municipality of Niš with a population of 85,969 inhabitants.

Suburb
Palilula is a neighborhood of the city of , . It is located in Niš municipality of .

Nišava District

Latitude
43.3231° or 43° 19′ 23″ north
Longitude
21.8944° or 21° 53′ 40″ east
Population
344,000
Elevation
194 metres (636 feet)
Open location code
8GM38VFV+6Q
Geo­Names ID
7581801
Wiki­data ID
Q1061076
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Nišava District” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Qarku i Nishit
  • Arabic: مقاطعة نيشافا
  • Asturian: Distritu de Nišava
  • Belarusian: Нішаўская акруга
  • Bengali: নিসাবা জেলা
  • Bosnian: Nišavski okrug
  • Bosnian: Nišavski upravni okrug
  • Bulgarian: Нишавски окръг
  • Catalan: Districte de Nišava
  • Cebuano: Nišavski Okrug
  • Chinese: Nišavski Koān
  • Chinese: 尼沙瓦区
  • Chinese: 尼沙瓦區
  • Croatian: Nišavski okrug
  • Croatian: Nišavski upravni okrug
  • Czech: Nišavský okruh
  • Danish: Nišava District
  • Dutch: Nišava
  • Finnish: Nišin piirikunta
  • French: district de Nisava
  • French: district de Nišava
  • French: Nisava
  • French: Nišava
  • Georgian: ნიშავის ოლქი
  • Georgian: ნიშავის რაიონი
  • German: Nišavski okrug
  • German: Okrug Nisava
  • German: Okrug Nišava
  • Greek: Νίσαβα
  • Gujarati: નિસાવા જિલ્લો
  • Hebrew: מחוז נישאבה
  • Hindi: निसावा जिला
  • Indonesian: Distrik Nišava
  • Italian: Distretto di Nišava
  • Italian: Nišava
  • Japanese: ニシャヴァ郡
  • Kannada: ನಿಸವ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
  • Korean: 니샤바구
  • Latvian: Nišavas apgabals
  • Lithuanian: Nišavos apskritis
  • Lombard: Distret de Nišava
  • Macedonian: Нишавски Управен Округ
  • Malay: Nisava District
  • Marathi: निसाव जिल्हा
  • Min Nan Chinese: Nišavski Koān
  • Mongolian: Нишав аймаг
  • Mongolian: Нишава тойрог
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nisava Distrikt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Distriktet Nišava
  • Ossetian: Нишавæйы зылд
  • Persian: ناحیه نیشاوا
  • Polish: Okręg nišavski
  • Polish: Okręg niszański
  • Polish: Okręg niszawski
  • Portuguese: Distrito de Nisava
  • Portuguese: Nišava
  • Romanian: Districtul Nisava
  • Romanian: Districtul Nišava
  • Romanian: Nišava
  • Russian: Нишавский округ
  • Serbian: Nišavski okrug
  • Serbian: Nišavski Okrug
  • Serbian: Nišavski upravni okrug
  • Serbian: Нишавска област
  • Serbian: Нишавски округ
  • Serbian: Нишавски управни округ
  • Serbo-Croatian: Nišavski okrug
  • Sinhala: නිසාවා දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • Spanish: Distrito de Nisava
  • Spanish: Distrito de Nišava
  • Spanish: Nisava
  • Spanish: Nišava
  • Swedish: Nisava
  • Tamil: நிஷாவா மாவட்டம்
  • Tatar: Нишау бүлгесе
  • Telugu: నిసావా జిల్లా
  • Thai: เขตนิชาวา
  • Turkish: Nišava İlçesi
  • Turkish: Nišava
  • Ukrainian: Нишавський район
  • Urdu: نیشاوا ضلع
  • Vietnamese: Quận Nisava
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع نیشاوا
  • Wu Chinese: 尼沙瓦州

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Medoševac and Donji Komren.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tvrđavski most and Palilulska Rampa.

Serbia: Must-Visit Destinations

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