Country Serbia Elevation 75 m (246 ft) Postal code 26362 Local time Sunday 11:22 AM Province Vojvodina | District South Banat Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area code(s) +381(0)13 Population 1,171 (2002) | |
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Weather 10°C, Wind NW at 19 km/h, 67% Humidity | ||
Janošik (Serbian Cyrillic: Јаношик, Slovak: Jánošík) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the municipality of Alibunar, in the South Banat District, in the province of Vojvodina. The village has a Slovak ethnic majority (91,63%) and a population of 1,171 people (2002 census).
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Map of Jano%C5%A1ik, Serbia
Name
The modern name of the village is of Slovak origin. The historical Serbian name of the village was Aleksandrovac (Александровац), i.e. "the place of Aleksandar / Alexander" and the meaning of this name is also reflected in Hungarian name version Újsándorfalva, which means "(new) village of Alexander". Another Serbian name used for the village was Slovački Aleksandrovac (Словачки Александровац), i.e. "Slovak Aleksandrovac".
History
The village was founded in 1812 by Hungarian Count Fülöp Sándor de Szlavnicza and was named after him as Újsándorfalva.