Ruma

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Рума
Ruma
Location in Serbia
Location of Ruma within 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
The Orthodox church.
The Orthodox church.
The Catholic church.
The Catholic church.

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.

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[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:

[edit] Demographics (2002 census)

[edit] Ethnic groups in the Ruma municipality

All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.

[edit] Ethnic groups in the Ruma town

  • Serbs = 28,032 (86.98%)
  • Croats = 1,027 (3.19%)
  • Others.

[edit] See also

Municipalities and cities of Serbia