Novi Banovci
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Serbia
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by the Danube River. It is situated in the Stara Pazova
Stara Pazova
Stara Pazova is a town and municipality in Srem District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 18,645, while Stara Pazova municipality has 67,576 inhabitants.-Name:...
municipality
Municipality
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, 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...
, in Vojvodina
Vojvodina
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province. It is located 3 kilometers away from Batajnica
Batajnica
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and 20 km from the capital, Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
. Novi Banovci is situated on the Belgrade-Novi Sad route. It has a Serb ethnic majority and its population totals 12,456 people (2002 census).
History
Following the roman conquest in the 1st century BC, the settlement was known as Burgenae.Novi Banovci experienced a constant population growth in the 20th century. A significant increase in the neighborhood's population occurred in the mid-1990s, caused by the large influx of refugees from the Yugoslav War, especially after the Oluja military action
Operation Storm
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which forced almost 250,000 Serbs from Croatia
Croatia
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into Serbia, and many of them settled at the outskirts of Belgrade.
Demographics
Population of Novi Banovci according to the official censuses:- 1961: 1,592
- 1971: 1,842
- 1981: 6,077
- 1991: 10,547
- 2002: 49,654