Banatsko Novo Selo
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Banatsko Novo Selo (Банатско Ново Село) is a village in northern Serbia, situated in the municipality of Pančevo, South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 7,345 people (2002 census).
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[edit] Geography and demographics
Banatsko Novo Selo is located on flat and fertile plains at (45.0554, 20.8858), approximately 15 km NW of Pančevo and 28 km NW of Belgrade. It is located within the South Banat District, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, which is in the northern part of Serbia.
The number of reported inhabitants of the village in 2002 was 7,416, with approximately 60 percent of the population being of Serbian descent and 40 percent of Romanian. However, there is also a small minority of people within the village of Roma descent.
The main occupation of the villages people is in agriculture. However, an increasing number of community members are establishing small and medium size enterprises, particularly in agricultural processing.
The largest neighbouring settlement is Pančevo, but the region is also scattered with other smaller inhabited places, similar in size with Banatsko Novo Selo, such as Kačarevo and Dolovo. The village is also on the main thoroughfare between the capital city Belgrade, and Romania.
The altitude above sea level is roughly about 105 meters, or 347 feet, and the Postal Code is 26314.
[edit] Name and history
Banatsko Novo Selo was founded by German settlers in 1765. The name is derived from the local region of Banat (Banatsko), while Novo Selo literally means "New Village", hence the full meaning of the name would be "a new village of Banat". In 1918, about 80 percent of the population of the village were ethnic Romanians.
The current official name of the village is Banatsko Novo Selo, but the town has previously been known by different names throughout its history. In German the town has been known as Neudorf, Banater Neudorf, and Pfefferthal. In Hungarian it has been known as Ujfalu.
More recently, on the April 5, 1999, during the NATO Bombing Campaign of the Kosovo War there were unsubstantiated claims of Yugoslavian forces, led by Lt.Col. Zoran Damnjanović's air defense unit shot down up to two NATO aircraft between Banatsko Novo Selo and the neighbouring village of Dolovo.
[edit] Recent/current community projects
There have been several community projects of late that attempted to enhance the wellbeing of locals, funded by money from both the municipality and residents, and also from money received from US aid. Projects include:
- Improving Local Health Services,
- Reconstruction of School Toilets,
- Building Capacity of the Communal Public Utility Service,
- Construction of Deep Water Well,
- Cleaning, Beautification of the MZ Territory and Ecological Education,
- Citizens Environmental Action,
- Asphalting the Road to Village Dumpsite, and
- Establishing a Community Center.
[edit] External links
- Satellite image from Google Maps
- Current Weather in Banatsko Novo Selo.
- Site of Banatsko Novo Selo.
