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City profile · Serbia · Europe

Niš

Central Serbia · Serbia
City population
250,000
#2
in Serbia
#2
in Central Serbia
#2,302
worldwide
BelgradeNiš
43.325, 21.903 · 201 km from Belgrade
City population
250,000
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Serbia
#2
of 50 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#2,302
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Serbia
3.8%
of the national population

About Niš

Niš is a city in Central Serbia, Serbia with a population of 250,000. It is the 2nd largest of the 50 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Serbia, and the 2,302nd largest worldwide. It lies 201 km from Belgrade.

Position in Serbia
#2of 50
LargestSmallest
Position in Central Serbia
#2of 31
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Serbia
Region
Central Serbia
Rank in region
#2of 31
Distance to capital
201 km
to Belgrade
Elevation
194 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Belgrade
Coordinates
43.325, 21.903
Record updated
2020-01-31
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

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