Nikinci
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Nikinci (Никинци) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Ruma municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,216 people (2002 census).
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[edit] History
In 1737, about 1,600 Catholic Albanians from Klimenti clan came to Srem. They were settled in the villages of Nikinci and Hrtkovci. Today, their descendants consider themselves Croats.
[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)
- Serbs = 1,534
- Hungarians = 264
- Croats = 210
- Yugoslavs = 69
- Roma = 32
- others.
[edit] Historical population
- 1961: 2,607
- 1971: 2,644
- 1981: 2,425
- 1991: 2,266
[edit] References
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
- Borislav Jankulov, Pregled kolonizacije Vojvodine u XVIII i XIX veku, Novi Sad - Pančevo, 2003.
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