Ruma

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Рума
Ruma

Location in Serbia
General Information
District	Srem
Land area	582 km²
Population (2002 census)	32,229 (town) 60,006 (municipality)
Settlements	17
Coordinates	45°00′N 19°50′E
Area code	+381 22
Car plates	RU
Time zone	CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2)
Website	http://www.ruma.co.yu
Politics
Mayor	Srđan Nikolić

Ruma (Рума) is a city located in Vojvodina, Serbia at 45.00° N 19.83° E. In 2002 the city had a total population of 32,125, while Ruma municipality had population of 59,858.

Contents 1 History 2 Inhabited places 3 Ethnic groups (2002 census) 4 See also

[edit] History

The settlement named Ruma was first mentioned in Ottoman defter from 1566/7. In that time Ruma was a village with 49 houses. Its inhabitants were Serbs, and the village also had church and three priests.

Since 1718, Ruma was under administration of the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1746, the town of Ruma was founded near the village of Ruma. First inhabitants of the town were Serbs, as well as Germans. According to the 1910 census, population of the Ruma municipality numbered 49,138 inhabitants, of whom 22,956 spoke Serbian, 15,529 German, 5,746 Hungarian, and 3,730 Croatian.

After the collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy, on November 24, 1918, the assembly of Srem in Ruma decided that Srem region join to the Kingdom of Serbia.

[edit] Inhabited places

Ruma municipality includes the city of Ruma and the following villages:

• Buđanovci
• Vitojevci
• Voganj
• Grabovci
• Dobrinci
• Donji Petrovci
• Žarkovac
• Klenak
• Kraljevci
• Mali Radinci
• Nikinci
• Pavlovci
• Platičevo
• Putinci
• Stejanovci
• Hrtkovci

[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The population of the Ruma municipality:

• Serbs (86.58%)
• Croats (3.31%)
• Hungarians (2.17%)
• Yugoslavs (1.69%)
• Roma (1.26%)

All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.

[edit] See also

• List of cities in Serbia
• Srem
• Srem District

Municipalities and cities of Serbia

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