Belo Blato

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Belo Blato (Serbian: Бело Блато or Belo Blato, Slovak: Biele Blato, Hungarian: Nagyerzsébetlak, Bulgarian: Бело блато, German: Elisenheim) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbering 1,477 people (2002 census).

Contents 1 Ethnic groups (2002 census) 2 History 3 Historical population 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The population of the village include:

• 583 Slovaks
• 488 Hungarians
• 128 Bulgarians
• 118 Serbs
• others

[edit] History

Belo Blato was established in 1883. First residents were Slovak people from village Padina (in south Banat), where Slovaks from Slovakia settled several years earlier. They left their homes because Slovak people were very oppressed from the Hungarian reign. Those Slovak people were poor but very active. After few years, they built in a new village the new Evangelical church, house for priest, school for children, and mill.

[edit] Historical population

• 1961: 2,031
• 1971: 1,841
• 1981: 1,746
• 1991: 1,762

[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

• Belo Blato

Coordinates: 45°16′N 20°22′E