Novi Kozjak is a village

Village

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 in northern Serbia

Serbia

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. It is situated in the Alibunar

Alibunar

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 municipality

Municipality

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, in the South Banat District

South Banat District

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, Vojvodina

Vojvodina

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 province. The village has a Serb

Serbs

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 ethnic majority and its population numbers 650 people (2011 census).

Name

In Serbian

Serbian language

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, the village is known as Novi Kozjak (Нови Козјак), in Hungarian

Hungarian language

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 as Ferdinándfalva, and in German

German language

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 as Ferdinandsdorf.

Until 1947, the official name of the village was Ferdin, which is still in use by many inhabitants. The name Novi Kozjak was given in memory of a village of that name destroyed during the Second World War, which was named after the Kozjak mountain in Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

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.

See also

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