Kupinovo is a village in Serbia

Serbia

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. It is located in the Pećinci

Pecinci

Pećinci is a village and municipality in Srem District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 2,659, while Pećinci municipality has 21,472 inhabitants.-Name:...

 municipality, in Srem District

Srem District

Syrmia or Srem District is a northwestern district of Serbia. It lies in the regions of Syrmia and Mačva, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 309,981...

, Vojvodina

Vojvodina

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 province. In 2002, the population of the village numbered 2,047 people, of whom 1,852 were ethnic Serbs

Serbs

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.

It is near the famous biodiversity area, the Obedska bara. This contains several insects and other life forms unique to the area.

Name

In Serbian

Serbian language

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, the village is known as Kupinovo (Купиново), formerly also Kupinik (Купиник); in Croatian

Croatian language

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 as Kupinovo; and in Hungarian

Hungarian language

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 as Kölpény or Kelpény. The name of the village derived from Serbian word "kupina" ("blackberry" in English).

History

In the Middle Ages, Kupinik was a notable city and was a residence of Serbian

Serbs

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 despots in Syrmia

Syrmia

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 in the 15th and 16th century.

Famous residents

• The most famous resident of Kupinovo is Miki Đuričić, the most popular contestant of the first serial of Serbian "Big Brother
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• It was the residence of the famous Serbian noble family, the Stratimirović (Стратимировић).

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina