Beočin
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| Location in Serbia | |
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| General Information | |
| District | South Bačka |
| Land area | 186 km² |
| Population (2002 census) |
8,058 (town) 16,086 (municipality) |
| Settlements | 8 |
| Coordinates | |
| Area code | +381 21 |
| Car plates | NS |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) |
| Website | http://www.sobeocin.org.yu |
| Politics | |
| Mayor | Zoran Tešić |
Beočin (Беочин) is a town and municipality in the Vojvodina province, Serbia. The population of the town is 8,037, whilst Beočin's municipality population is 16,029. There is also a Beočin Monastery from the 16th century in the municipality.
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[edit] Geography
Although, it is geographically located in Syrmia, Beočin administrativelly belong to South Bačka District. The town of Beočin is divided into two parts: Beočin Grad ("Beočin town") and Beočin Selo ("Beočin village"). However, no matter that Beočin Selo is called a village, it is not a village but simply part of the town.
[edit] History
The name of the town derived from the word that came from local Serbian dialect, which in modern standard Serbian would be written as "beli otac" or in English as "white father" (the full meaning of the name is "the place that belong to white father"). The name referred to the prior of the nearby Beočin monastery. Beočin was mentioned first in 1702. In the beginning it was only a village, and its basic economic activity was vine production (even today part of the Beočin is known as Beočin Selo, i.e. "Beočin village" in English). After the cement factory was opened, Beočin developed into a modern town, which became the centre of the northern Syrmia. The cement factory in Beočin is one of the largest cement factories in Europe. During the Axis occupation in WWII, 66 civilians were killed in Beočin by fascists.
[edit] Historical population of the town
- 1961: 5,145
- 1971: 6,563
- 1981: 7,298
- 1991: 7,873
[edit] Inhabited places
Beočin municipality encompasses of town of Beočin, and the following villages:
[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)
The population of the Beočin municipality:
Most of the settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority, while the village of Lug have an ethnic Slovak majority.
[edit] Politics
Seats in the municipal parliament won in the 2004 local elections: [1]
- Serbian Radical Party (11)
- Democratic Party (5)
- Socialistic People's Party (4)
- Democratic Party of Serbia (3)
- Serbian Strength Movement (3)
- G17 Plus (3)
- Socialdemocratic party of Roma in Serbia (2)
- New Serbia (2)
[edit] References
- Miloš Lukić, Putevima slobode - naselja opštine Beočin u ratu i revoluciji, Novi Sad, 1987.
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Seat of the district: City of Novi Sad
Novi Sad municipality1: Begeč • Budisava • Čenej • Futog • Kać • Kisač • Kovilj • Rumenka • Stepanovićevo • Veternik
Petrovaradin1: Bukovac • Ledinci • Sremska Kamenica • Stari Ledinci
Bač: Bačko Novo Selo • Bođani • Plavna • Selenča • Vajska
Bačka Palanka: Čelarevo • Despotovo • Gajdobra • Karađorđevo • Mladenovo • Neštin • Nova Gajdobra • Obrovac • Parage • Pivnice • Silbaš • Tovariševo • Vizić
Bački Petrovac: Gložan • Kulpin • Maglić
Bečej: Bačko Gradište • Bačko Petrovo Selo • Mileševo • Radičević
Beočin: Banoštor • Čerević • Grabovo • Lug • Rakovac • Susek • Sviloš
Srbobran: Nadalj • Turija
Sremski Karlovci
Temerin: Bački Jarak • Sirig
Titel: Gardinovci • Lok • Mošorin • Šajkaš • Vilovo
Vrbas: Bačko Dobro Polje • Kosančić • Kucura • Ravno Selo • Savino Selo • Zmajevo
Žabalj: Čurug • Đurđevo • Gospođinci
(*) bold are municipalities, 1 - Novi Sad`s urban municipalities, which aren`t fully formed
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