Zmajevo
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Zmajevo (Змајево) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vrbas municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,361 people (2002 census).
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[edit] Name
In Serbian, the village is known as Zmajevo (Змајево), in German as Alt-Keer or Altker, and in Hungarian as Ókér. Older Serbian names of the village were: Pašićevo (Пашићево), Stari Ker (Стари Кер), Ker (Кер), and Bačka Dobra (Бачка Добра). The current name, Zmajevo, derived from nickname of Serbian poet Jovan Jovanović Zmaj.
[edit] History
It was recorded first in 1267. During Ottoman rule (16th-17th century), the village of Ker was populated by Serbs. Germans settled in the village in 1787, but after World War II, as a consequence of the war events, the German population (approximately 2,500 people) fled from the village.
[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)
- Serbs = 3,177 (72.85%)
- Montenegrins = 435 (9.98%)
- Hungarians = 306 (7.02%)
- others.
[edit] Historical population
- 1961: 5,212
- 1971: 4,859
- 1981: 4,773
- 1991: 4,548
- 2002: 4,361
[edit] References
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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