Margita (Plandište)

Margita
Маргита
Village

The Orthodox Church
Margita

Location of Margita within Serbia

Margita

Location of Margita within Vojvodina

Coordinates: 45°13′03″N 21°10′19″E / 45.21750°N 21.17194°ECoordinates: 45°13′03″N 21°10′19″E / 45.21750°N 21.17194°E
Country  Serbia
Province  Vojvodina
District South Banat
Elevation 79 m (259 ft)
Population (2002)
  Margita 1,047
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 26364
Area code(s) +381(0)13
Car plates

Margita (Serbian Cyrillic: Маргита) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The population of the village numbering 1,047 people (2002 census). Village is ethnically mixed and its population include 462 Serbs (44,12%), 303 Romanians (28,93%), 107 Romani (10,21%), 100 Hungarians (9,55%), and others.

Name

The Romanian Orthodox church.

In Serbian the village is known as Margita (Маргита), in Romanian as Mărghita, in Hungarian as Nagymargita, and in German as Groß Margit.

Historical population

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