Backo Petrovo Selo
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Bačko Petrovo Selo is a village located in the Bečej
municipality, in the South Bačka District
of Serbia
. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 7,318 people (2002 census).
, Bačko Petrovo Selo was the largest village in the whole country. The village is located on the right bank of the river Tisa
. There are two monuments in the village dedicated to the people killed in the Second World War. Bačko Petrovo Selo had a very developed economy and agriculture, but is now faced with economic downfall and serious depopulation.
monastery "Uspenje Presvete Bogorodice" is located near Bačko Petrovo Selo. It is an important landmark of the village. The monastery possess a well with a holy water that cure people from diseases. Every year, at the day of celebration of the monastery ("manastirska slava"), many people come to visit a monastery and take a holy water.
Folklor dance group
Potisje (Potisje Društvo Narodne Umetnosti i Stvaralastva - Tiszamente Közművelődési és Népművészeti Egyesület) 30 year old group Tisza
Bačko Petrovo Selo also possess a farm of pigs. Cabbage that grows in Bačko Petrovo Selo is very appreciated in the country and there are some jokes in which the residents of the village are called the "cabbage men" or "cabbage patchs".
Becej
Bečej is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District in Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 25,703, while Bečej municipality has 40,877 inhabitants. It is multiethnic town, with Hungarians and Serbs as largest ethnic groups...
municipality, in the South Bačka District
South Backa District
South Bačka District is a northern district of Serbia. It lies in the southern part of Bačka and northern part of Syrmia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 607,835...
of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 7,318 people (2002 census).
Features
In the former Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
, Bačko Petrovo Selo was the largest village in the whole country. The village is located on the right bank of the river Tisa
Tisá
Tisá is a village and municipality in Ústí nad Labem District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 786 ....
. There are two monuments in the village dedicated to the people killed in the Second World War. Bačko Petrovo Selo had a very developed economy and agriculture, but is now faced with economic downfall and serious depopulation.
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
Population of the village include:- 5,175 (70.72%) Hungarians
- 1,567 (21.41%) SerbsSerbsThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
- 243 (3.32%) Roma
- others.
Culture
The Serbian OrthodoxSerbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...
monastery "Uspenje Presvete Bogorodice" is located near Bačko Petrovo Selo. It is an important landmark of the village. The monastery possess a well with a holy water that cure people from diseases. Every year, at the day of celebration of the monastery ("manastirska slava"), many people come to visit a monastery and take a holy water.
Folklor dance group
Potisje (Potisje Društvo Narodne Umetnosti i Stvaralastva - Tiszamente Közművelődési és Népművészeti Egyesület) 30 year old group Tisza
Economy
Bačko Petrovo Selo has a very developed economy and agriculture. It possess very rich and flat land with highly fertile soil. The village has two economical factories that are indebted to produce fruits and vegetables, which are later delivered to Bečej, to the vegetable factory "Flora".Bačko Petrovo Selo also possess a farm of pigs. Cabbage that grows in Bačko Petrovo Selo is very appreciated in the country and there are some jokes in which the residents of the village are called the "cabbage men" or "cabbage patchs".