Nikinci is a village in Serbia

Serbia

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. It is located in the Ruma

Ruma

Ruma is a town and municipality located in Vojvodina, Serbia at . In 2002 the town had a total population of 34,229, while Ruma municipality had a population of 60,006.-History:...

 municipality, in the 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

Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

 province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,216 people (2002 census).

History

In 1737, about 1,600 Catholic

Catholic

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 Albanians

Albanians

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 from Klimenti clan came to Srem

Syrmia

Syrmia is a fertile region of the Pannonian Plain in Europe, between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia in the east and Croatia in the west....

. They were settled in the villages of Nikinci and Hrtkovci

Hrtkovci

Hrtkovci is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Ruma municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,428 people...

. Today, their descendants consider themselves Croats

Croats

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Ethnic groups (2002 census)

• Serbs = 1,534
• Hungarians = 264
• Croats = 210
• Yugoslavs = 69
• Roma = 32
• others.

External links

• History of Nikinci