Novi Slankamen
Novi Slankamen
Нови Сланкамен (Serbian) | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia |
| Province | File:Flags of Vojvodina.svg Vojvodina |
| District | Srem |
| Municipality | File:Indjija-grb.png Inđija |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Novi Slankamen (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Сланкамен) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Inđija, Syrmia District, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Novi Slankamen is situated about 15 kilometers east of Inđija, on the bank of the Danube (Dunav) and has a total population of 3,421 (2002 census).
Name
[edit | edit source]In Serbian and Croatian the village is known as Novi Slankamen (Нови Сланкамен) and in Hungarian as Újszalánkemén.
Its name means "New Slankamen", while the name of the neighbouring village, Stari Slankamen, means "Old Slankamen". The name "Slankamen" itself means "the salty stone".
Geography
[edit | edit source]- Latitude: 45.1253,
- Longitude: 20.2394,
- Altitude - feet 459 Lat (DMS) 45° 7' 31N Long (DMS) 20° 14' 22E Altitude (meters) 139
- Time zone (est) UTC+1(+2DT)
- Approximate population for 7 km radius from this point: 10,059
Ethnic groups
[edit | edit source]The population of the village consists of Serbs (79.73%), Croats (15.74%), Romani, Hungarians, Slovaks, and Germans.
History
[edit | edit source]Before the early 1990s and the migrations caused by the Yugoslav Wars, the population of Novi Slankamen consisted of Croats (66%), Serbs (31%), and other groups.
During the Yugoslav Wars, most Croats left Novi Slankamen and other settlements in the Serbian part of Syrmia. They moved to Croatia, Western Europe, North America, and Australia, while Serb refugees from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo settled in said places.
Historical population
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- 1961: 4,372
- 1971: 4,005
- 1981: 3,210
- 1991: 2,977
Economy
[edit | edit source]The local economy is based primarily on cultivation of orchards and vineyards.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
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