Majdan, Novi Kneževac

Majdan
Мајдан
Magyarmajdány
Village

Coat of arms
Majdan

Location of Majdan within Serbia

Coordinates: 46°06′00″N 20°15′00″E / 46.10000°N 20.25000°E / 46.10000; 20.25000Coordinates: 46°06′00″N 20°15′00″E / 46.10000°N 20.25000°E / 46.10000; 20.25000
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
District North Banat
Elevation 80 m (260 ft)
Population (2002)
  Majdan 292
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 23333
Area code(s) +381(0)23
Car plates KI

Majdan (in Serbian Cyrillic: Мајдан, in Hungarian: Magyarmajdány) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Novi Kneževac municipality, in the North Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority (85.95%) and its population numbering 292 people (2002 census).

Name

"Majdan" (мајдан) is a Serbian word for quarry (Hungarian word with same meaning is "majdán"). The word "majdan" has Turkish roots like many other words that came from period of administration of the Ottoman Empire.

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