Novi Kneževac
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| General Information | |
| District | North Banat |
| Land area | 305 km² |
| Population (2002 census) |
7,581 (town) 12,975 (municipality) |
| Settlements | 9 |
| Coordinates | |
| Area code | +381 230 |
| Car plates | KI |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) |
| Politics | |
| Mayor | Predrag Veličković (SRS) |
Novi Kneževac (Нови Кнежевац) is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 7,567, while Novi Kneževac municipality has 12,952 inhabitants (2002 census).
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[edit] Name
The name of the town derived from the Serbian word "knez" ("prince" in English), and the full meaning of the name in English would be "the new place of the prince".
In Serbian, the town is known as Novi Kneževac or Нови Кнежевац, in Hungarian as Törökkanizsa, in Croatian as Novi Kneževac, and in German as Neu-Kanischa.
[edit] Inhabited places
Novi Kneževac municipality includes the town of Novi Kneževac, which is on the Tisa River, and eight villages. The villages are:
- Majdan
- Rabe
- Banatsko Aranđelovo
- Siget
- Filić
- Srpski Krstur
- Đala
- Podlokanj
[edit] Demographics (2002 census)
[edit] Ethnic groups in the municipality
The population of the Novi Kneževac municipality is composed of:
- Serbs = 7,725 (59.53%)
- Hungarians = 3,864 (29.78%)
- Roma = 655 (5.04%)
- Yugoslavs = 207 (1.59%)
- Others.
[edit] Settlements by ethnic majority
The places with Serb ethnic majority are: Novi Kneževac, Banatsko Aranđelovo, Siget, Filić, Srpski Krstur, Đala and Podlokanj. The two villages with Hungarian ethnic majority are: Majdan (Hungarian: Magyarmajdány) and Rabe (Hungarian: Rábé). Villages with over 20% Hungarians are: Filić (Hungarian: Firigyháza), Banatsko Aranđelovo (Hungarian: Oroszlámos) and Siget (Hungarian: Sziget).
[edit] Ethnic groups in the town
The population of the Novi Kneževac town is composed of:
- Serbs = 4,369 (57.63%)
- Hungarians = 2,657 (35.05%)
- Yugoslavs = 131 (1.73%)
- Roma = 107 (1.41%)
- Others.
[edit] Politics
Seats in the municipal parliament won in the 2004 local elections: [1]
- Serbian Radical Party (9)
- Democratic Party (7)
- G17 Plus (2)
- Socialist Party of Serbia (2)
- Serbian Strength Movement (2)
- Groups of citizens - Pensioners (2)
- Democratic Party of Serbia (2)
- Groups of citizens - Better tomorrow for municipality of Novi Kneževac (2)
- Social Democratic League of Vojvodina (2)
- Groups of citizens - For our birthplace (1)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Novi Kneževac - official website
- Novi Kneževac, Serbia & Montenegro Page
- Tisa River - Novi Kneževac, Serbia
- Statistički podaci za opštinu Novi Kneževac (in Serbian)
- Muzička škola, Novi Kneževac (in Serbian)
- www.torokkanizsa.cjb.hu (in Hungarian)
