Niš
city in southern Serbia
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Summary
Niš is a Serbian city[1]. Niš ranks in the top 7% of serbian city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,915 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: League of Historical Cities[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Palilula City Municipality[4], Crveni Krst City Municipality[5], Medijana City Municipality[6], Pantelej City Municipality[7]
- Country: Serbia[8]
- Head of government: Darko Bulatović[9]
- Instance of: big city[10], administrative territorial entity[11]
- Official language: Serbian[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Bad Homburg vor der Höhe[13], Veliko Tarnovo[14], Košice[15], Kursk[16], Rognan[17], Kraków[18], Marousi[19], Senta[20], Glyfada[21], Skopje[22], Beersheba[23], Sparta[24], Belgorod[25], Elektrostal[26]
- Postal code: 18000[27]
- Commons category: Niš[28]
- Licence plate code: NI[29]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[30], Central European Time[31]
- Local dialing code: 018[32]
- Significant event: Siege of Nish (1096)[33]
- Official website: https://www.ni.rs/[34], http://www.ni.rs/[35]
- Topic's main category: Category:Niš[36]
- Commons gallery: Niš[37]
- Population: 183,164[38], 173,724[39], 173,250[40], 161,376[41], 127,654[42], 81,250[43], 58,656[44], 49,332[45], 44,800[46], 35,465[47]
- Time of earliest written record: 401 BC[48]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[49], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[50], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[51], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[52], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[53], Regional Spatial Plan for Zlatibor and Moravica administrative district[54], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[55], Spatial plan for the special purpose area of Grlište reservoir basin[56]
- Capital of: Nišava District[57], Niš eyalet[58], Nis City[59]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Niš include Niš Constantine the Great Airport[60], an international airport[61], in Serbia[62].
Why It Matters
Niš has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] Niš is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]
Entities named for Niš include Niš Constantine the Great Airport[60], an international airport[61], in Serbia[62].