Sumadija and Western Serbia
Description
The Šumadija and Western Serbia is one of the five statistical regions of Serbia. It is also a level-2 statistical region according to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. It was formed in 2010. The region has a total population of 2,031,697, according to the 2011 census.
Formation
In July 2009, the Serbian parliament adopted a new law in which Serbia was divided into seven statistical regions. According to the law, territory of present-day Šumadija and Western Serbia was divided into two statistical regions – Western Region and Central Region.
However, in May 2010, the law was modified and Western and Central region were merged into a single statistical region whose name is Šumadija and Western Serbia.