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.
Margita
Маргита | |
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 The Orthodox Church | |
  Margita Location of Margita within Serbia  Margita Margita (Serbia)  Margita Margita (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 45°13′03″N 21°10′19″E / 45.21750°N 21.17194°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| District | South Banat |
| Municipality |  Plandište |
| Elevation | 79 m (259 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Margita | 1,047 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 26364 |
| Area code | +381(0)13 |
| Car plates | VŠ |
Name
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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
edit- 1961: 1,998
- 1971: 1,827
- 1981: 1,550
- 1991: 1,313
- 2002: 1,047
References
edit- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
See also
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