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Novi Sad (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Сад, pronounced [nɔ̝̂v̞iː sâːd] ( listen)) is the second largest city in Serbia, capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District.
According to preliminary results of the latest census in Serbia conducted in October 2011, the urban area of Novi Sad has a population of 221,854, while its municipal area has a population of 335,701. It is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain, on the border of the Bačka and Srem regions, on the banks of the Danube river and Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal, facing the northern slopes of Fruška Gora mountain.
The city was founded in 1694, when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin fortress, a Habsburg strategic military post. In the 18th and 19th centuries, it became an important trading and manufacturing centre, as well as a centre of Serbian culture of that period, earning the nickname Serbian Athens. The city was heavily devastated in the 1848 Revolution, but it was subsequently restored. During the city's long history, it has maintained its multi-cultural identity, with Serbs, Hungarians and Germans being the main ethnic groups. Today, Novi Sad is an industrial and financial centre of the Serbian economy, as well as a major cultural hub.
Sokakom zlatne grede
ko macor sumrak prede
ljulja se nad kanalom klisanski bus
tvrdjava pusta mesec
kao zmaja nad Varadinom
aveti tera sa trga Miletic, vecito prgav
Salajka drema brale, krovovi lule pale
liman uz Dunav tece, dobar su par
kroz senku bloka
pristizu decaci detelinarci
dok buket zvezda prelep
laticom srebri Telep
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Novi Sad, podseti se da je grad
kad mu se sa ulica bitange sklone
Novi Sad jos zablista ponekad
kad sest raznih crkava uglas zazvone
Dobro vece, Novi Sade moj
ono sto je ostalo, dobro vece, deco
u raznim gradovima sam govorio
dobro vece, zemljaci, dobro vece, moji
Bio sam, kud sve nisam
vise ni ne znam 'di sam
vid�o sam sve kojesta, bedu i sjaj
varosi ima, sto da gresim dusu
boljih i lepsih al' samo jedna je
shvacas varos u koju se vracas