Aleksa Šantić (village)

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Aleksa Šantić (Алекса Шантић) is a village located in the Sombor municipality, in the West Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The population of the village numbering 2,172 people (2002 census) and most of its inhabitants are ethnic Serbs.

Contents 1 Name 2 Historical population 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Name

The village is named after Aleksa Šantić, a Serb poet from Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Serbian, the village is known as Aleksa Šantić or Алекса Шантић, in Croatian as Aleksa Šantić, and in Hungarian as Hadikkisfalu.

[edit] Historical population

• 1961: 1,751
• 1971: 2,064
• 1981: 2,259
• 1991: 2,267

[edit] References

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

[edit] See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

[edit] External links

• Aleksa Šantić
• Aleksa Šantić - www.soinfo.org

Coordinates: 45°56′ N 19°20′ E (45.933333333333, 19.333333333333)