| Kanjiža Кањижа Magyarkanizsa |
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| Location of the municipality of Kanjiža within Serbia | |||
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| Country | Serbia | ||
| District | North Banat | ||
| Settlements | 13 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Mihály Nyilas | ||
| Area[1] | |||
| • Municipality | 399 km2 (154.1 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2011 census)[2] | |||
| • Town | 10,200 | ||
| • Municipality | 27,510 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 24420 | ||
| Area code | +381 24 | ||
| Car plates | KI | ||
| Website | www.kanjiza.rs | ||
Kanjiža (Serbian: Кањижа, Kanjiža, pronounced [kǎɲiʒa], formerly Стара Кањижа, Stara Kanjiža; Hungarian: Kanizsa or Magyarkanizsa; Turkish: Kanije; German: Alt-Kanischa) is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The Kanjiža town has a population of 10,193, while the Kanjiža municipality has 27,440 inhabitants.
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Although it belongs to North Banat District, territory of Kanjiža municipality is in fact located in the region of Bačka. The territory of the municipality is bordered by the river Tisa and the Novi Kneževac Municipality in the east, the Municipality of Senta in the south, the Municipality of Subotica in the west and the border with Hungary in the north. The proximity to the border, to the free-way and the river Tisa makes it an important location.
The town was mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum chronicle under name Kenesna[3] and, according to the chronicle, it belonged to the duchy of Bulgarian duke Salan who ruled from Titel in the 9th century.[4] In first written documents after Hungarian conquest of Central Europe, the town is mentioned as Cnesa or Kenesna.[5] This name is Slavic by origin[6] and it came from Slavic word "knez" ("prince" in English). In 1335, it was mentioned as Villa Canysa.
Until the 16th century, the town was administered by the Kingdom of Hungary, while in the 16th-17th century it was administered by the Ottoman Empire. From 1686 to 1918, the town was administered by the Habsburg Monarchy. Initially, it was part of the Habsburg Military Frontier, but was placed under civil administration in 1751. In the beginning of Ottoman administration, local Hungarian population left from this area. During Ottoman period[7] and also during the first decades of Habsburg administration,[8] the town was mainly populated by ethnic Serbs. Hungarian colonists from northern counties of the Kingdom of Hungary started to settle here in 1753[9] and they became dominant ethnic group in the town. Since 1918, the town was part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia) and subsequent South Slavic states.
Kanjiža municipality includes the town of Kanjiža and 12 villages. The villages are:
Note: For the inhabited places with Hungarian ethnic majority, the names are also given in Hungarian.
The population of the Kanjiža municipality is composed of:
Almost all of the settlements in the municipality have Hungarian majorities except Velebit, which is predominantly Serbian.
The population of the Kanjiža town is composed of:
The economy of Kanjiža is a healthy one dominated by the Potisje-Tondach roof tile factory. Other successful firms are FIM Kanjiža, Keramika Kanjiža, various paprika refining firms, one of the best spa health centers in Serbia - "Banja Kanjiža", etc.
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