Margita (Plandište)

Margita
Маргита
Village (Selo)
The Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church
Margita is located in Vojvodina
Margita
Margita
Location of Margita within Serbia
Margita is located in Serbia
Margita
Margita
Margita (Serbia)
Margita is located in Europe
Margita
Margita
Margita (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°13′03″N 21°10′19″E / 45.21750°N 21.17194°E / 45.21750; 21.17194
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
DistrictSouth Banat
Municipality Plandište
Elevation
79 m (259 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Margita
1,047
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
26364
Area code+381(0)13
Car platesVŠ

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

  • 1961: 1,998
  • 1971: 1,827
  • 1981: 1,550
  • 1991: 1,313
  • 2002: 1,047

References

  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

See also

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