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Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
, in the Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n province of Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
. Telep is located in the western part of the city and it covers an area of 3.45 km².
Name
The word "telep" means "settlement" in HungarianHungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
. The original name of this neighborhood was Darányi-telep (Serbian: Daranjijevo Naselje). Between 1927 and 1944, the official name of the settlement was Adamovićevo Naselje (this name was in fact used for both: present-day Telep and present-day Adamovićevo Naselje
Adamovicevo Naselje
Adamovićevo Naselje is a quarter of the city of Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina.-Borders:The northern border of Adamovićevo Naselje is Futoška ulica , the eastern borders are Ulica Vojvode Knićanina and Ulica Kola srpskih sestara , the southern border is Bulevar cara Lazara...
, which are today two separate city neighborhoods).
History
In the medieval period (13th-16th century), a settlement named Sent Marton (Kűszentmárton) existed at this location.Modern settlement of Telep started to develop during the 1890s. Initially, settlement existed only in the area of present-day northern Telep, while southern Telep started to develop in 1902. In 1931, the population of the settlement numbered at around 9,000 inhabitants, mostly ethnic Hungarians.
Population
Telep once was an ethnic Hungarian neighbourhood of Novi Sad, while today it is predominantly populated by Serbs. Sizable Hungarian minority is still present in the area. According to an estimation by the city's registry, the population of Telep was 17,130 in mid-2005.Geography
Telep is located in the western part of the city and covers an area of 3.45 km². Its northern borders are Futoški put (Futog Road) and Novosadski put (Novi Sad Road), its western border is Šumska ulica (Šumska Street), its southern border is Podunavska ulica (Podunavska Street), and its eastern borders are Ulica Ribarsko ostrvo (Ribarsko ostrvo Street), Ulica Sima Matavulja (Simo Matavulj Street), and the newly built Subotički bulevar (Subotica Boulevard).The neighbouring settlements are: Novo Naselje
Bistrica (Novo Naselje)
Bistrica , also known as Novo Naselje , is a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, the capital of the Serbian province of Vojvodina. The first houses at this locality were built in 1957.-Name:...
and Satelit
Satelit
Satelit is a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, the capital of the Serbian province of Vojvodina.-Borders:The southern border of Satelit is Futoški put , the western border is Bulevar Kneza Miloša , and the eastern border is Bulevar Slobodana Jovanovića...
in the north, Adamovićevo Naselje
Adamovicevo Naselje
Adamovićevo Naselje is a quarter of the city of Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina.-Borders:The northern border of Adamovićevo Naselje is Futoška ulica , the eastern borders are Ulica Vojvode Knićanina and Ulica Kola srpskih sestara , the southern border is Bulevar cara Lazara...
and Liman IV
Liman (Novi Sad)
Liman is a neighborhood of Novi Sad, a city in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Liman is divided into four parts: Liman I , Liman II, Liman III and Liman IV...
in the east, Kameničko ostrvo (not a settlement, but a tourist destination) in the south, and Adice
Adice
Adice is a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad in Serbia.-Borders:The southern border of Adice is Podunavska ulica , the eastern border is Šumska ulica , the northern border is Novosadski put , and the western border is a western city limit of Novi Sad...
in the west.
Telep is divided into Northern Telep and Southern Telep. A new Somborski bulevar (Sombor Boulevard) will be built between these two parts of the settlement, at the former location of the rail tracks Novi Sad-Sombor
Sombor
Sombor is a city and municipality located in northwest part of Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina. The city has a total population of 48,749 , while the Sombor municipality has 87,815 inhabitants...
. The new boulevard will be the main street in this part of the city.
Local communities
The neighborhood is located in the Novi Sad municipalityNovi Sad municipality
City Municipality of Novi Sad is one of two city municipalities which comprise the City of Novi Sad in Serbia. The population of the municipality include approximately 335,000 people.-Politics:...
, and it is divided into three local communities: Južni Telep, Bratstvo-Telep and Nikola Tesla-Telep.
Culture
Telep is the centre of the city's Hungarian population. Also in the neighborhood are a Roman Catholic church and an Evangelistic church. In the 1990s, a new Orthodox church was built in Telep to accommodate the increasing population of Orthodox faith.In 1945, the Hungarian cultural centre "Petőfi Sándor" was established in Telep, which preserves the local culture of Hungarians in the city.
Education
- Nikola Tesla Elementary School
- Jožef Atila Elementary School
- Laza Kostić secondary school (gymnasium)
Transportation
The main bus lines from the city centreStari Grad, Novi Sad
Stari Grad is a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the main part of Novi Sad, and it is also known as City Centre...
to Telep are No.12 and No.6, but there is also bus line No.7, which passes along the borders of the neighborhood. Bus lines 4, 9, 11A and 11B also pass nearby.
