КУЛТУРА

POPULATION 
																		
																		According 
																		to 2002 
																		poll, 
																		there 
																		are 
																		72,165 
																		citizens 
																		in the 
																		Palilula 
																		Municipality, 
																		54,596 
																		of which 
																		live in 
																		the city 
																		area and 
																		17,569 
																		live in 
																		the 
																		rural 
																		area. 
																		However, 
																		according 
																		to 
																		experts’ 
																		estimates, 
																		there 
																		are 
																		90,000 
																		residents 
																		in the 
																		Palilula 
																		Municipality 
																		due to a 
																		large 
																		number 
																		of 
																		refugees 
																		from 
																		Kosovo 
																		and 
																		Metohija.

	City of Nis	Palilula
Overall,	250 518	72 165
National is declared	245 534	70 162
Serbs	235 657	65 732
Montenegrins	846	201
Yugoslavs	664	179
Albanians	99	11
Bosnians	24	10
Bulgarians	799	140
Hair	12	4
Gorani	75	16
Hungarians	58	14
Macedonians	715	179
Muslims	89	25
Germans	14	2
Roma	5 687	3 435
Romanians	13	5
Russians	37	12
Slovaks	13	3
Slovenians	92	18
Ukrainians	27	3
Croats	417	133
Czechs	11	3
Other	174	37
Non declered and the fence	1 460	557
Regional affiliation	51	20
Unknown	3 473	1 426

																		
																		Municipality 
																		of 
																		Palilula 
																		is a 
																		heterogeneous 
																		territory 
																		in terms 
																		of 
																		ethnicity 
																		and 
																		religion. 
																		The 
																		greatest 
																		percentage 
																		of the 
																		population 
																		is Serbs 
																		(90%). 
																		However, 
																		the 2002 
																		poll is 
																		not 
																		completely 
																		accurate 
																		because 
																		the 
																		largest 
																		national 
																		minority, 
																		the Roma 
																		people, 
																		in the 
																		municipality 
																		amounted 
																		to 3,435 
																		people, 
																		but the 
																		estimation 
																		is that 
																		there 
																		are 
																		around 
																		7,500.
																		
																	