The city of Belgrade is divided into 17 municipalities, ten with "urban" status, and seven with "suburban" status. While each has its own local council, the suburban municipalities have slightly expanded municipal powers, mainly with regard to construction, town planning and public utility provision.

Most of the municipalities are situated on the southern side of the Danube and Sava rivers, in the Šumadija region. Three municipalities (Zemun, Novi Beograd, and Surčin) are on the northern bank of the Sava, in the Syrmia region, and the municipality of Palilula, spanning the Danube, is in both the Šumadija and Banat regions.

Municipalities of Belgrade

Coat of Arms	Name	Area (km²)	Population (1991)	Population (2002)	Urban/Suburban
	Barajevo	213	20,846	24,641	Suburban
	Čukarica	156	150,257	168,508	Urban
	Grocka	289	65,735	75,466	Suburban
	Lazarevac	384	57,848	58,511	Suburban
	Mladenovac	339	54,517	52,490	Suburban
	Novi Beograd	41	218,633	217,773	Urban
	Obrenovac	411	67,654	70,975	Suburban
	Palilula	451	150,208	155,902	Urban
	Rakovica	31	96,300	99,000	Urban
	Savski Venac	14	45,961	42,505	Urban
	Sopot	271	19,977	20,390	Suburban
	Stari Grad	5	68,552	55,543	Urban
	Surčin	285	Part of Zemun municipality until 2004.	55,000 (est.)	Suburban
	Voždovac	148	156,373	151,768	Urban
	Vračar	3	67,438	58,386	Urban
	Zemun	153.56	176,158	136,645	Urban
	Zvezdara	32	135,694	132,621	Urban
	TOTAL	3227	1,552,151	1,576,124
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia

Governmental structure

An urban municipality is a part of the territory of the City of Belgrade, in which certain operations of local self-government laid down by the City Charter are run. Pursuant to the Constitution, legislation, present Charter and bylaws of the urban municipality, the citizens participate in conducting operations of the urban municipality through the councilors elected to the City municipal assembly, civil initiative, local citizens’ meeting and referendum.

The bodies of the urban municipality are:

• Municipal Assembly
• District Council Chairman
• Municipal Council

The number of councilors in the Municipal Assembly ranges from 19 to 75 councilors.

The District Council Chairman presides over the Municipal Assembly, and he/she is a chairperson of the Municipal Council. The Municipal Assembly elects the District Council Chairman among the municipal councilors.

The Municipal Council is composed of the District Council Chairman, Deputy District Council Chairman and at the most 7 members. The Municipal Council members are elected by the Municipal Assembly among both councilors and citizens further to the proposal by the District Council Chairman.

See also

• List of Belgrade neighborhoods and suburbs
• List of former and proposed municipalities of Belgrade

References

External links

• Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities