Novi Slankamen

Summary

Novi Slankamen (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Сланкамен) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Inđija, Syrmia District, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Novi Slankamen is situated about 15 kilometers east of Inđija, on the bank of Danube (Dunav) and has a total population of 3,421 (2002 census).

Novi Slankamen
Нови Сланкамен (Serbian)
The Orthodox church.
The Orthodox church.
Novi Slankamen is located in Vojvodina
Novi Slankamen
Novi Slankamen
Novi Slankamen is located in Serbia
Novi Slankamen
Novi Slankamen
Novi Slankamen is located in Europe
Novi Slankamen
Novi Slankamen
Coordinates: 45°08′N 20°14′E / 45.133°N 20.233°E / 45.133; 20.233
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Name edit

In Serbian and Croatian the village is known as Novi Slankamen (Нови Сланкамен) and in Hungarian as Újszalánkemén.

Its name means "New Slankamen", while the name of the neighbouring village, Stari Slankamen, means "Old Slankamen". The name "Slankamen" itself means "the salty stone".

Geography edit

  • Latitude: 45.1253,
  • Longitude: 20.2394,
  • Altitude - feet 459 Lat (DMS) 45° 7' 31N Long (DMS) 20° 14' 22E Altitude (meters) 139
  • Time zone (est) UTC+1(+2DT)
  • Approximate population for 7 km radius from this point: 10,059

Ethnic groups edit

The population of the village consists of Serbs (79.73%), Croats (15.74%), Romani, Hungarians, Slovaks, and Germans.

History edit

Before the early 1990s and the migrations caused by the Yugoslav Wars, the population of Novi Slankamen consisted of Croats (66%), Serbs (31%), and other groups.

During the Yugoslav Wars, most Croats left Novi Slankamen and other settlements in the Serbian part of Syrmia. They moved to Croatia, Western Europe, North America, and Australia, while Serb refugees from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo settled in said places.

Historical population edit

 
The Catholic church.
  • 1961: 4,372
  • 1971: 4,005
  • 1981: 3,210
  • 1991: 2,977

Economy edit

The local economy is based primarily on cultivation of orchards and vineyards.

See also edit

References edit

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

External links edit

  • Official page
  • Novi Slankamen

45°08′N 20°14′E / 45.133°N 20.233°E / 45.133; 20.233