Country Serbia Elevation 78 m (256 ft) Postal code 26210 Area 39 km² Local time Friday 11:37 PM | District South Banat Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area code(s) +381(0)13 Population 6,259 (2011) Province Vojvodina | |
Weather 7°C, Wind SE at 19 km/h, 51% Humidity | ||
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Kovačica (Serbian Cyrillic: Ковачица; [koʋǎtʃitsa]) is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 6,259, while Kovačica municipality has 25,274 inhabitants. It is widely known for its naïve art.
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- Map of KovaC48Dica Serbia
- Name
- Inhabited places
- Ethnic groups 2011 census
- Geography
- History
- Twin towns Sister cities
- References
Map of Kova%C4%8Dica, Serbia
Name
In Serbian the town is known as Kovačica (Ковачица), in Slovak as Kovačica, in Hungarian as Antalfalva, in Romanian as Covăcița, and in German as Kowatschitza.
Inhabited places
Kovačica municipality includes the town of Kovačica and the following villages:
The municipality is divided into 8 local communities.
Ethnic groups (2011 census)
The ethnic groups in the Kovačica municipality are:
Communities with Slovak majorities are: Kovačica (Slovak: Kovačica) and Padina (Slovak: Padina). Communities with Serb majorities are: Crepaja, Idvor, Putnikovo and Samoš. There is one community with a Hungarian majority: Debeljača (Hungarian: Torontálvásárhely), and one community with a Romanian majority: Uzdin (Romanian: Uzdin).
Geography
The town of Kovačica is located 27 km from Pančevo and 47 km from Belgrade. Kovačica lies in the wide Pannonian plain.
History
The town was founded in the 18th century, but there are records of small settlements dating from 1458. In the middle of the 18th century, this area was recorded as wasteland. Settlement was founded in 1750 and was settled (in 1751-1752) by Serb soldiers from Potisje and Pomorišje, after military frontier in these regions was abolished. In 1767, Kovačica was included into German regiment of Banatian Military Frontier. First Slovaks came here from Ečka and Aradac (in 1783) and after them, Slovaks from Arvas, Trenčin and Bekeš county came here as well (in 1801). From the middle of the 19th century, Kovačica is a center of municipality and cultural and social center of Slovaks in Banat.
Twin towns — Sister cities
Kovačica is twinned with: