Novi Bečej
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Location in Serbia | |
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General Information | |
District | Central Banat |
Land area | 609 km² |
Population (2002 census) |
14,452 (town) 26,924 (municipality) |
Settlements | 4 |
Coordinates | |
Area code | +381 23 |
Car plates | ? |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) |
Website | http://www.novibecej.org.yu |
Politics | |
Mayor | Aleksandar Đukičin |
Novi Bečej (Нови Бечеј) is a town and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 14,406, while Novi Bečej municipality has 26,881 inhabitants.
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[edit] Name
In Serbian, the town is known as Нови Бечеј or Novi Bečej, in Hungarian as Törökbecse, in Croatian as Novi Bečej, and in German as Neu-Betsche.
[edit] Inhabited places
Novi Bečej municipality includes the town of Novi Bečej and the following villages:
[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)
The population of the Novi Bečej municipality:
- Serbs (69.94%)
- Hungarians (19.22%)
- Roma (3.59%)
- Yugoslavs (2.1%)
All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.
The population of the Novi Bečej town:
- Serbs (61.36%)
- Hungarians (26.63%)
- Roma (2.68%)
- Yugoslavs (2.44%)