There were names in several languages that could be used for this municipality: Serbian: Градска општина Нови Сад, romanized: 'Gradska opština Novi Sad; Hungarian: Újvidék városi község; Slovak: Mestská Obec Nový Sad; Rusyn: Городска Oпштина Нови Сад.

The City Municipality of Novi Sad was situated in the southern part of the Bačka region.

The municipality laid in one of the southern lowest parts of the Pannonian Plain.

Alluvial plains along Danube are well-formed, especially on the left bank, in some parts 10 km from the river.

According to legend, the monastery was founded by the first Serb archbishop Saint Sava in the 13th century.