Macvanska Mitrovica and neighbouring villages
Macvanska Mitrovica (????????? ?????????) is a town located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Srem District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,896 people (2002 census).
Name
Its name means "Mitrovica of Macva" (Mitrovica of Srem and Mitrovica of Kosovo also exist). In Serbian, the town is known as Macvanska Mitrovica (????????? ?????????), in Croatian as Macvanska Mitrovica, and in Hungarian as Szenternye. Other Serbian names used for the town include Srpska Mitrovica (?????? ?????????), Mala Mitrovica (???? ?????????), and Mitrovica (?????????).
Geography
Together with the neighbouring villages of Nocaj, Salaš Nocajski, Radenkovic, Ravnje and Zasavica, the town of Macvanska Mitrovica is the only town in Vojvodina located in the Macva region.
Demographics
Ethnic groups (2002 census):
Historical population
- 1921: 220
- 1931: 567
- 1948: 705
- 1953: 869
- 1961: 1,408
- 1971: 3,357
- 1981: 3,661
- 1991: 3,788
- 2002: 3,896
References
- Slobodan Curcic, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
See also
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Coordinates: 44°58'N 19°36'E? / ?44.967, 19.6
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