Velebit (Kanjiža)
Encyclopedia
Velebit is a village
in Serbia
. It is situated in the Kanjiža
municipality
, in the North Banat District
, Vojvodina
province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 366 people (2002 census).
Velebit is the only settlement with Serb majority in the Kanjiža municipality since all other settlements are predominantly Hungarian.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in 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...
. It is situated in the Kanjiža
Kanjiža
Kanjiža is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia...
municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
, in the North Banat District
North Banat District
North Banat District is a northern district of Serbia. It lies in the regions of Banat and Bačka, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. As of the 2002 census, the district has a population of 165,881. The seat of the district is Kikinda....
, 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 366 people (2002 census).
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
- SerbsSerbsThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
= 302 (82.51%) - Hungarians = 59 (16.12%)
- CroatsCroatsCroats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
= 3 (0.82%) - Montenegrins = 1 (0.27%)
- undeclared = 1 (0.27%)
Velebit is the only settlement with Serb majority in the Kanjiža municipality since all other settlements are predominantly Hungarian.
See also
- List of places in Serbia
- List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina