Beli Manastir

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**Beli Manastir**
Beli Manastir Beli Manastir (Croatia)
Latitude	45.46°N
Longitude	18.36°E
Mayor	Davorin Bubalović
Surface (km²)	?
Population (2001)	8,671 (town) 10,986 (municipality)
Time zone (UTC)	UTC+1 Central European Time

Beli Manastir is a town and municipality in eastern Croatia, the principal town of the Croatian part of Baranja, in the Osijek-Baranja county. The town has a population of 8,671 (2001), while total municipality population is 10,986.

1 Name
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 History
5 References
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Name

The name means "white monastery" in Croatian and primarily in Serbian. This name was introduced in 1923 during the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and before this it was known as Monoštor in Croatian and Serbian and Pélmonostor in Hungarian. Other names used for the town in history were: Pél, Bell, and Monostor. All names are connected with monasteries that existed in history at this location. First monastery was built in the 9th century during the rule of Slavic duke Kocelj. Monastery was later razed, and the only thing that left from it was pil (obelisk in English), hence the later Hungarian name Pél, which was a version of this Slavic word.

[edit] Geography

The municipality of Beli Manastir is composed of 4 settlements:

Beli Manastir
Branjin Vrh
Šećerana
Šumarina

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic composition of Beli Manastir municipality by 2001 census was: [1]

Croats = 6,085 (55.39%)
Serbs = 2,920 (26.58%)
Magyars = 933 (8.49%)
Roma = 153 (1.39%)
Germans = 122 (1.11%)
Slovenians = 87 (0.79%)
Montenegrins = 76 (0.69%)
Albanians = 45 (0.41%)
Bosniaks = 22 (0.2%)

[edit] History

The town was first mentioned in 1212 under name Pél. It has had very diverse ethnic composition since its earliest times. The population of the town through the history included Croats, Serbs, Magyars, Germans and Roma.

According to the 1910 census, the town had 2,447 inhabitants, of which 1,496 (61.1%) were Germans, 478 (19.5%) Serbs and 443 (18.1%) Magyars. ^[1]

In 1929 the population was made of: Magyars (33.8%), Germans (32.6%), Croats (18.8%) and Serbs (around 12%).

[edit] References

^ Atlas and Gazetteer of Historic Hungary 1914, Talma Kiadó

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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