Ada is a town and municipality in Serbia

Serbia

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. It is situated near the river Tisa

Tisá

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 in Vojvodina

Vojvodina

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 province. Although the town is geographically located in Bačka

Backa

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, it is part of the North Banat District

North Banat District

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. The town has a population of 10,546, while Ada municipality has 18,972 inhabitants (2002 census).

Inhabited places

Ada municipality includes the town of Ada, the nearby town of Mol

Mol, Serbia

Mol is a town located in the Ada municipality, in the North Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

 (Hungarian: Mohol), and the following villages (Hungarian names are in italics):

• Utrine (Törökfalu)
• Obornjača
  Obornjaca (Ada)
  Obornjača is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Ada municipality, in the North Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 389 people .-External links:*...
  
   (Völgypart-Nagyvölgy)
• Sterijino
  Sterijino
  Sterijino is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Ada municipality, in the North Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 234 people .-See also:*List of places in Serbia*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina...
  
   (Valkaisor)

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The population of the Ada municipality:

• Hungarians = 14,558 (forming an absolute majority of 76.64%)
• Serbs
  Serbs
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   = 3,324 (17.5%)
• Roma = 277 (1,45%)
• Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs
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   = 275 (1,44%)
• Others.

All local communities in the municipality have a Hungarian majority.

Famous inhabitants

• In 1892 Ada, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary
  Kingdom of Hungary
  The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...
  
  , was the birthplace of the Mátyás Rákosi
  Mátyás Rákosi
  Mátyás Rákosi was a Hungarian communist politician. He was born as Mátyás Rosenfeld, in present-day Serbia...
  
  , who would become the Communist ruler of post-1945 Hungary.

External links

• Official website
• History of Ada

Twin towns — Sister cities

Ada (Serbia) is twinned

Town twinning

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 with: Budapest XI

Újbuda

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, Hungary

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 Makó

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, Hungary

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, Hungary

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, Hungary

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, Romania

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