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Beška

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Country
  
Serbia

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
6,239 (2002)

Province
  
Vojvodina

District
  
Syrmia

Area
  
45 km²

Local time
  
Monday 7:19 AM

Beška

Weather
  
5°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 95% Humidity

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Beška (Serbian Cyrillic: Бешка) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in the region of Syrmia (Syrmia District), in Inđija municipality. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population numbering 6,239 people (2002 census).

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Map of Be%C5%A1ka, Serbia

History

In the archeological site of Kalakača findings of Early Bosut culture (Bosut-Basarabi) with traits of Gava culture dating to the 9th century BC

It was first mentioned in 1564. During Ottoman rule (16th-17th century) the village of Beška was populated by Serbs. During Habsburg rule, ethnic Germans settled there. Following World War II in Yugoslavia, the German population fled the village, while new inhabitants mostly from Croatia settled in the village in place of the Germans.

Ethnic groups

  • 4,766 (76.39%) Serbs
  • 506 (8.11%) Croats
  • 208 (3.33%) Yugoslavs
  • 137 (2.20%) Hungarians
  • 89 (1.43%) Romani
  • others.
  • Historical population

  • 1961: 5,378
  • 1971: 6,351
  • 1981: 6,377
  • 1991: 6,166
  • 2002: 6,239
  • References

    Beška Wikipedia