Mali Žam

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The Romanian Orthodox church.
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Mali Žam (Serbian Cyrillic: Мали Жам; Romanian: Jamu Mic) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vršac municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Romanian ethnic majority and its population numbering 379 people (2002 census).

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[edit] Name

The name means in Serbian "Small Žam/Jam". On the other side of the border, in Romania, there is a village called Jamu Mare (Great Jam/Žam).

[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)

[edit] Historical population

  • 1961: 880
  • 1971: 698
  • 1981: 565
  • 1991: 499
  • 2002: 379

[edit] References

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

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 45°13′N, 21°20′E