Novi Bečej

Coordinates: 45°36′N 20°07′E / 45.6, 20.117
Novi Bečej Нови Бечеј
Location of Novi Bečej within Serbia
Country	Serbia
District	Central Banat
Settlements	4
Government
- Mayor	Aleksandar Đukičin
Area ^[1]
- Municipality	609 km² (235.1 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)^[2]
- Total	14,452
- Municipality	26,924
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	23272
Car plates	ZR
Area code	+381 23
Website: http://www.novibechej.com

Novi Bečej (Нови Бечеј) is a town and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 14,406, while Novi Bečej municipality has 26,881 inhabitants.

1 Name
2 History
3 Inhabited places
4 Demographics (2002 census)
- 4.1 Ethnic groups in the Novi Bečej municipality
- 4.2 Ethnic groups in the Novi Bečej town
5 Historical population of the town
6 Twin cities
7 References
8 Gallery
9 See also
10 External links

Name

Its name means "new Bečej". In the past it was known simply as "Bečej", while the current town of Bečej, across the river Tisa, was in the past known as "Stari Bečej" ("old Bečej") and today is known as "Bečej".

In Serbian, the town is known as Нови Бечеј or Novi Bečej, in Hungarian as Törökbecse, in Croatian as Novi Bečej, and in German as Neu-Betsche.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1091. In the 15th century, it was a possession of the Serbian despot Đurađ Branković. During the Ottoman rule (in 1660/6), it was populated by ethnic Serbs. Ottomans managed her as "Beçe" between 1552-1718. Since 1918, it is part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and subsequent South Slavic states except Hungarian occupation between 1941-1944.

Inhabited places

Novi Bečej municipality includes the town of Novi Bečej and the following villages:

Demographics (2002 census)

Ethnic groups in the Novi Bečej municipality

Serbs (69.94%)
Hungarians (19.22%)
Roma (3.59%)
Yugoslavs (2.1%)

All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.

Ethnic groups in the Novi Bečej town

Serbs (61.36%)
Hungarians (26.63%)
Roma (2.68%)
Yugoslavs (2.44%)

Historical population of the town

1961: 16,378
1971: 16,075
1981: 16,091
1991: 15,404
2002: 14,452

Twin cities

Mezőtúr, Hungary

References

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

Gallery

The Orthodox church.

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The Catholic church.

The Saint Clare of Assisi Catholic Church.

External links

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Cities, towns and villages in the Central Banat District

Zrenjanin: Aradac • Banatski Despotovac • Belo Blato • Botoš • Elemir • Ečka • Jankov Most • Klek • Knićanin • Lazarevo • Lukino Selo • Lukićevo • Melenci • Mihajlovo • Orlovat • Perlez • Stajićevo • Taraš • Tomaševac • Farkaždin • Čenta
Žitište: Banatski Dvor • Banatsko Višnjićevo • Banatsko Karađorđevo • Međa • Novi Itebej • Ravni Topolovac • Srpski Itebej • Torak • Torda • Hetin • Čestereg
Nova Crnja: Aleksandrovo • Vojvoda Stepa • Radojevo • Srpska Crnja • Toba
Novi Bečej: Bočar • Kumane • Novo Miloševo
Sečanj: Banatska Dubica • Boka • Busenje • Jarkovac • Jaša Tomić • Konak • Krajišnik • Neuzina • Sutjeska • Šurjan
(*) bold are municipalities

Municipalities and cities of Serbia

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Central Serbia

City of Belgrade: (Barajevo • Čukarica • Grocka • Lazarevac • Mladenovac • Novi Beograd • Obrenovac • Palilula • Rakovica • Savski Venac • Sopot • Stari Grad • Surčin • Voždovac • Vračar • Zemun • Zvezdara)• City of Čačak • City of Jagodina • City of Kragujevac: (Aerodrom • Pivara • Stanovo • Stari Grad • Stragari)
• City of Kraljevo • City of Kruševac • City of Leskovac • City of Loznica • City of Niš:(Crveni Krst • Medijana • Niška Banja • Palilula • Pantelej) • City of Novi Pazar • City of Požarevac • City of Smederevo • City of Šabac • City of Užice • City of Valjevo • City of Vranje • City of Zaječar

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