Ruma
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| Location in Serbia | |
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| General Information | |
| District | Srem |
| Land area | 582 km² |
| Population (2002 census) |
32,229 (town) 60,006 (municipality) |
| Settlements | 17 |
| Coordinates | |
| Area code | +381 22 |
| Car plates | RU |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) |
| Website | http://www.ruma.co.yu |
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| Mayor | Srđan Nikolić |
Ruma (Рума) is a city located in Vojvodina, Serbia at . In 2002 the city had a total population of 32,125, while Ruma municipality had population of 59,858.
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[edit] History
The settlement named Ruma was first mentioned in Ottoman defter from 1566/7. In that time Ruma was a village with 49 houses. Its inhabitants were Serbs, and the village also had church and three priests.
Since 1718, Ruma was under administration of the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1746, the town of Ruma was founded near the village of Ruma. First inhabitants of the town were Serbs, as well as Germans. According to the 1910 census, population of the Ruma municipality numbered 49,138 inhabitants, of whom 22,956 spoke Serbian, 15,529 German, 5,746 Hungarian, and 3,730 Croatian.
After the collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy, on November 24, 1918, the assembly of Srem in Ruma decided that Srem region join to the Kingdom of Serbia.
[edit] Inhabited places
Ruma municipality includes the city of Ruma and the following villages:
- Buđanovci
- Vitojevci
- Voganj
- Grabovci
- Dobrinci
- Donji Petrovci
- Žarkovac
- Klenak
- Kraljevci
- Mali Radinci
- Nikinci
- Pavlovci
- Platičevo
- Putinci
- Stejanovci
- Hrtkovci
[edit] Demographics (2002 census)
[edit] Ethnic groups in the Ruma municipality
- Serbs = 51,957 (86.58%)
- Croats = 1,987 (3.31%)
- Hungarians = 1,306 (2.17%)
- Yugoslavs = 1,017 (1.69%)
- Roma = 757 (1.26%)
- Others.
All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.
[edit] Ethnic groups in the Ruma town
- Serbs = 28,032 (86.98%)
- Croats = 1,027 (3.19%)
- Others.
[edit] See also
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