administrative territorial entity of Serbia
Let an agent explain the administrative divisions of Serbia, relay the hierarchy of provinces, regions, districts, municipalities, cities, city municipalities and cadastral municipalities from official sources, describe the units the registry aliases name, and distinguish administrative from statistical and cadastral units, presenting the Kosovo question neutrally.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the administrative divisions of Serbia, relay the hierarchy of provinces, regions, districts, municipalities, cities, city municipalities and cadastral municipalities from official sources, describe the units the registry aliases name, and distinguish administrative from statistical and cadastral units, presenting the Kosovo question neutrally.
Any of the administrative territorial units of Serbia, comprising the autonomous province of Vojvodina, and Kosovo and Metohija as claimed by Serbia while Kosovo is administered as an independent state recognised by many countries, the statistical regions, the administrative districts, the municipalities and cities, city municipalities within cities, and cadastral municipalities for land registration, together with former entities from earlier arrangements; the status of Kosovo is disputed and presented with attribution.
What it is for: Organising Serbian territory for government.
It can be explain the hierarchy; relay official structure; describe unit types; distinguish related divisions.
Distinguishing features
Provinces and municipalities
Statistical regions
Cadastral units
Disputed Kosovo status
What it looks like
Not a visible object; administrative areas on a map.
Physical character
autonomous provinces: Vojvodina; Kosovo and Metohija as claimed note - status of Kosovo disputed
municipalities and cities: about 145 excluding Kosovo count
administrative districts: 29 including those in Kosovo as claimed count
statistical regions: 5 count - NUTS 2 equivalent
How it is recognised
Territorial unit of Serbia
Autonomous province, statistical region, district, municipality and city, city municipality, cadastral municipality, former entities
Statistical regions serve statistics; cadastral municipalities serve land registration; districts are deconcentrated state units
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is exemplified by - an autonomous province
is governed by - of 2006
is coded by - for regions and districts
In practice
Families and kinds
autonomous provinces
statistical regions
administrative districts
municipalities and cities
city municipalities such as those of Belgrade
cadastral municipalities
former administrative entities
Standards and regulation
Constitution of 2006 and Law on Territorial Organisation of 2007
Law on Local Self-Government
ISO 3166-2:RS codes
Failure modes and hazards
Partisan framing of Kosovo
Confusing statistical, administrative and cadastral units
Registry aliases mixing current and former entities
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand How Serbia is divided.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What are the administrative divisions of Serbia, and how do they differ from statistical and cadastral units? definition
- Is the question about the hierarchy, a level, a specific place or the status of Kosovo? boundary
Levels
Levels.
Levels
Levels.
- What are autonomous provinces, statistical regions, districts, municipalities, cities, city municipalities and cadastral municipalities? definition
- Which entry fits the specific level? action
Law Law and governance.
Regulation.
Constitution
Constitution.
Constitution
Constitution.
- What do the constitution and territorial organisation law provide? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Governance
Local governance.
Governance
Governance.
- How are municipalities and cities governed, and what powers do provinces hold? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Kosovo Kosovo status.
Attribution.
Status
Status.
Status
Status.
- How do Serbia, Kosovo and international bodies describe the status of Kosovo, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Data
Data treatment.
Data
Data.
- How do statistical and international datasets handle Kosovo in Serbian divisions? provenance
- Which entry fits Kosovo? action
Context History.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did Serbian divisions evolve through Yugoslavia and after 2006? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of Serbia? action
Comparison
Comparison.
Comparison
Comparison.
- How do Serbian divisions compare with neighbouring countries? provenance
- Which entry fits administrative division? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the unit types be separate primary entries?
- How should official sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming several unit types and former entities; should they be split off?