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Velebit, Kanjiža

Coordinates: 46°00′00″N 19°57′00″E / 46.00000°N 19.95000°E / 46.00000; 19.95000
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Velebit
Велебит (Serbian)
Velebit is located in Vojvodina
Velebit
Velebit
Location of Velebit within Serbia
Velebit is located in Serbia
Velebit
Velebit
Velebit (Serbia)
Velebit is located in Europe
Velebit
Velebit
Velebit (Europe)
Coordinates: 46°00′00″N 19°57′00″E / 46.00000°N 19.95000°E / 46.00000; 19.95000
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
DistrictNorth Banat
Municipalities Kanjiža
Elevation
84 m (276 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Velebit366
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
24428
Area code+381(0)24
Car platesKA

Velebit (Serbian Cyrillic: Велебит) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kanjiža municipality, in the North Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority with a population numbering 366 people (2002 census).

Name

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In Serbian the settlement is known as Velebit (Велебит) and in Hungarian as Velebit or Fogadjisten (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfoɡɒɟɟiʃtɛn]). There is a mountain range in Croatia with same name (see: Velebit).

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

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Velebit is the only settlement with Serb majority in the Kanjiža municipality since all other settlements are predominantly Hungarian.

Historical population

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  • 1961: 604
  • 1971: 562
  • 1981: 449
  • 1991: 361

History

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The settlement was founded after the First World War, as part of the introduction program by which new immigrants were settled in Vojvodina.

Former mayor of Novi Sad Jovan Dejanović was born in Kanjiža.

References

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

See also

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