The Municipality and the city of Šabac are situated in the northern part of north-west Serbia. This geographical position is very favourable as it places the municipality at the intersection of main land, rail, and water ways and close to big urban centres such as Belgrade and Novi Sad.
Šabac municipality spreads across 795 km2 and has 122.320 inhabitants. 70.000 of them live in the city itself and its immediate suburbs. The main economic potentials include fertile agricultural land and waters of the rivers Sava and Drina, which contribute to multiple trades - industry, water industry, agriculture, fluvial traffic and tourism. The city of Šabac has always been the economic and cultural centre of Podrinje and the wider area. 

WATERS, GEOLOGICAL FEATURES AND MINERAL WEALTH

Šabac is surrounded by water ways of the rivers Sava and Drina. In its flat part a system of ducts draining water from under-marsh areas has been built. The area also has mineral and balmy springs of which some have been thoroughly analyzed and some still remain to be investigated. The mineral wealth of the area is also versatile and includes quartz sand, clay, and other raw materials used in construction that may be found in the northern part of the region.  

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