Neuzina
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Neuzina is a village
Village
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 in Serbia
Serbia
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. It is situated in the Sečanj
Secanj
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 municipality
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, in the Central Banat District
Central Banat District
Central Banat District is a northeastern district of Serbia. It lies in the region of Banat, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 208,456...

, Vojvodina
Vojvodina
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 province. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbering 1,371 people (2002 census), including 680 Serbs, 488 Hungarians, 95 Roma, and others.

History

Historically, there were two Neuzina's, that later merged: Srpska Neuzina (Serb
Serbs
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 Neuzina) i Hrvatska Neuzina (Croat
Croats
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 Neuzina).

Srpska Neuzina (in Hungarian sources: Szerb-Neuzina) was few miles southwards from Szárcsa (today Sutjeska) and few miles westwards from Sečanj, while Hrvatska Neuzina (in Hungarian sources: Horvát-Neuzina) was in the very neighbourhood, located southwestwards from Srpska Neuzina, few miles northeastwards from Botoš
Botoš
Botoš is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

.

Hrvatska Neuzina got its name after Croatia
Croatia
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n settlers (nobles that originated from Turopolje
Turopolje
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), that were settled there by the Diocese of Zagreb on its possessions.

These Croats lived in compact part of the village; they have been slowly but evidently in large amounts assimilated. Still, this assimilation hasn't drawn the attention of Croat parties in Serbia.
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