Starčevo

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Старчево Starčevo
The Saint Maurice Martyr Catholic Church
Country:	Serbia
Subdivision:	Vojvodina, South Banat District, Pančevo municipality
Population: 2002	7,582
Area code:	+ 381(0)13
Postal code:	26232

Pančevo

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Starčevo

Municipality
of Pančevo

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Starčevo (Старчево) is a town located in the Pančevo municipality, in the South Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population is 7,615 people (2002 census).

1 Name
2 History
3 Historical population
4 See also

[edit] Name

The name of the town means "the place of the old man" in Serbian.

[edit] History

The Starčevo Culture, an ancient civilization on the Danube river which dates back to 6000 BC, is named after this town because of archaeological excavations carried out there. The Starčevo culture ceased to exist around 4200 BC with the invasions of the Pelasgians.