Bački Jarak

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Бачки Јарак
Bački Jarak

Bački
Jarak
Municipality
of Temerin
Country: Flag of Serbia Serbia
Subdivision: Vojvodina, South Bačka District, Temerin municipality
Location:  ?
Population:
2002
6,042
Area code: + 381(0)21
Postal code: 21234
License plates:  ?
The new Orthodox church.
The new Orthodox church.
General store in the centre of the town. The razed Evangelical church stood here until the end of the 1940s.
General store in the centre of the town. The razed Evangelical church stood here until the end of the 1940s.
Memorial of the after WW2 prison camp victims.
Memorial of the after WW2 prison camp victims.

Bački Jarak (Бачки Јарак) is a town located in the Temerin municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 6,049 people (2002 census).

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[edit] Name

In Serbian, the town is known as Bački Jarak (Бачки Јарак), formerly also Mali Jarak (Мали Јарак) and Jarak (Јарак); in German as Jarek, Batschki Jarak or Jarmosch; in Hungarian as Jármos or Tiszaistvánfalva; and in Croatian as Bački Jarak.

Its name derived from Serbian word "jarak" ("trench" in English), while adjective "bački" refer to its location in the region of Bačka.

[edit] History

It was mentioned first in 1267. The modern settlement was founded and settled by ethnic Germans in 1787 (until then, the place used to be barren area). In 1796, Temerin and Bački Jarak were sold to count Šandor Sečenj for a price of 80,000 forints. In 1944, as a consequence of World War II events in Yugoslavia, the German population was relocated from Bački Jarak. In 1945, here was a location of the prison camp for Germans and Hungarians operated by the Yugoslav authorities. In 1946-1947, Bački Jarak was settled by immigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups (2002 census):

[edit] Historical population

  • 1961: 3,362
  • 1971: 3,858
  • 1981: 5,396
  • 1991: 5,426
  • 2002: 6,049

[edit] References

  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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Cities, towns and villages in the South Bačka District
Seat of the district: City of Novi Sad
Novi Sad municipality1: Begeč • Budisava • Čenej • Futog • Kać • Kisač • Kovilj • Rumenka • Stepanovićevo • Veternik
Petrovaradin1: Bukovac • Ledinci • Sremska Kamenica • Stari Ledinci
Bač: Bačko Novo Selo • Bođani • Plavna • Selenča • Vajska
Bačka Palanka: Čelarevo • Despotovo • Gajdobra • Karađorđevo • Mladenovo • Neštin • Nova Gajdobra • Obrovac • Parage • Pivnice • Silbaš • Tovariševo • Vizić
Bački Petrovac: Gložan • Kulpin • Maglić
Bečej: Bačko Gradište • Bačko Petrovo Selo • Mileševo • Radičević
Beočin: Banoštor • Čerević • Grabovo • Lug • Rakovac • Susek • Sviloš
Srbobran: Nadalj • Turija
Sremski Karlovci
Temerin: Bački Jarak • Sirig
Titel: Gardinovci • Lok • Mošorin • Šajkaš • Vilovo
Vrbas: Bačko Dobro Polje • Kosančić • Kucura • Ravno Selo • Savino Selo • Zmajevo
Žabalj: Čurug • Đurđevo • Gospođinci
(*) bold are municipalities, 1 - Novi Sad`s urban municipalities, which aren't fully formed

Coordinates: 45°22′N, 19°52′E