Novi Slankamen

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Novi Slankamen (Нови Сланкамен) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Inđija, Srem District, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Novi Slankamen is situated about 15 kilometers east of Inđija, on the bank of Danube (Dunav) and has a total population of 3,421 (2002 census). Its name means "New Slankamen", while the name of the neighbouring village, Stari Slankamen, means "Old Slankamen". The name "Slankamen" itself means "the salty stone".

1 Geography
2 Ethnic groups
3 History
4 Economy
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Latitude: 45.1253,
Longitude: 20.2394,
Altitude - feet 459 Lat (DMS) 45° 7' 31N Long (DMS) 20° 14' 22E Altitude (meters) 139
Time zone (est) UTC+1(+2DT)
Approximate population for 7 km radius from this point: 10,059

[edit] Ethnic groups

The population of the village consists of Serbs (76%), Croats (21.8%), Roma, Hungarians, Slovaks, and Germans.

[edit] History

Before the early 1990's and the migrations caused by the Yugoslav Wars, the population of Novi Slankamen consisted of Croats (66%), Serbs (31%), and other groups.

During the wars in the Former Yugoslavia, most of the Croats fled from Novi Slankamen and other settlements in the Serbian part of Syrmia, and moved to Croatia, Western Europe, North America, and Australia, while Serb refugees from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo settled there instead of them.