Mačvanska Mitrovica
| Мачванска Митровица Mačvanska Mitrovica | ||
| Country: |  Serbien
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| Subdivision: | Vojvodina, Srem District, Sremska Mitrovica municipality | |
| Location: | ? | |
| Population: 2002 |
3,896 |
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| Area code: | + 381(0)22 | |
| Postal code: | 22202 | |
| License plates: | ? | |
Mačvanska Mitrovica (Мачванска Митровица) is a town located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Srem District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,896 people (2002 census).
Name
Its name means "Mitrovica of Mačva" (Mitrovica of Srem and Mitrovica of Kosovo also exist). In Serbian, the town is known as Mačvanska Mitrovica (Мачванска Митровица), in Croatian as Mačvanska Mitrovica, and in Hungarian as Szenternye. Other Serbian names used for the town include Srpska Mitrovica (Српска Митровица), Mala Mitrovica (Мала Митровица), and Mitrovica (Митровица).
Geography
Together with the neighbouring villages of Noćaj, Salaš Noćajski, Radenković, Ravnje and Zasavica, the town of Mačvanska Mitrovica is the only town in Vojvodina located in the Mačva region.
Demographics
Ethnic groups (2002 census):
- Serbs = 3,621
- Roma = 87
- Croats = 21
- Yugoslavs = 14
- Hungarians = 10
- others.
Historical population
- 1921: 220
- 1931: 567
- 1948: 705
- 1953: 869
- 1961: 1,408
- 1971: 3,357
- 1981: 3,661
- 1991: 3,788
- 2002: 3,896
References
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
See also
External links
44°58′N 19°36′E / 44.967°N 19.600°E
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