Torak (Žitište)

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Torak
Торак
Begejci
Country Serbia
District Central Banat
Municipality Žitište
Center
 - coordinates 45°30′31″N 20°36′23″W / 45.50861, -20.60639Coordinates: 45°30′31″N 20°36′23″W / 45.50861, -20.60639
Population 2,850 (2002)
Postal code 23232
Area code +381 23
Car plates ZR
The Romanian Orthodox church in Mali Torak.
The Romanian Orthodox church in Mali Torak.
The Romanian Orthodox church in Veliki Torak.
The Romanian Orthodox church in Veliki Torak.

Torak or Torac (Торак, Torac in Romanian), formerly known as Begejci (Бегејци), is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Žitište municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Romanian ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,850 people (2002 census).

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[edit] Geography

Historically, the village was made from two parts - one named Mali Torak ("little Torak"), and another named Veliki Torak ("great Torak").

[edit] Historical population

  • 1961: 5,198
  • 1971: 4,817
  • 1981: 4,289
  • 1991: 3,700

[edit] References

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

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