Central Banat District

The Central Banat District (Средњобанатски округ, ; Közép-bánsági körzet) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It lies in the geographical region of Banat. According to the 2022 census results, it has a population of 157,711 inhabitants. The administrative center is 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
The district encompasses the city of Zrenjanin and the following municipalities:
 * Novi Bečej
 * Nova Crnja
 * Žitište
 * Sečanj

Demographics
According to the last official census done in 2011, the Central Banat District has 187,667 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups
Ethnic composition of the Central Banat district:

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