Veliki Rit, Novi Sad
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Veliki Rit (Велики Рит) is a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina.
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[edit] Name
Name "veliki rit" means "big marsh" in Serbian.
[edit] Location
Veliki Rit is located in the northern part of Novi Sad between Klisa and Slana Bara in the west, Mišin Salaš and Mali Beograd in the south, Deponija in the north, and Radna Zona Sever 4 in the east.
[edit] Population
Veliki Rit is the largest ethnic Roma neighborhood in Novi Sad. Its population numbering 2,500 inhabitants, of whom 70-90% are refugees from Kosovo and south Serbia. [1] According to another source, population of Veliki Rit include 350 Roma families, of whom 150 are refugees from Kosovo. There are some 30 Ashkali families in the settlement as well. [2]
[edit] Organizations
The Society of Roma Veliki Rit is an ethnic Roma organization located in the neighborhood, whose purpose is to cooperate with other Roma societies and to improve economical status of Roma people in the neighborhood. [3]
[edit] References
- Jovan Mirosavljević, Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745-2001, Novi Sad, 2002.
- Zoran Rapajić, Novi Sad bez tajni, Beograd, 2002.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Health situation of Roma people in Novi Sad and Veliki Rit
- Society of Roma Veliki Rit
- About Veliki Rit (in Serbian)
