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Krajišnik, Sečanj

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Country
  
Elevation
  
58 m (190 ft)

Area code(s)
  
+381(0)23

Local time
  
Saturday 3:58 AM

Postal code
  
23231

District
  
Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Car plates
  
ZR

Population
  
2,241 (2002)

Province
  
Krajišnik, Sečanj

Weather
  
4°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 75% Humidity

Krajišnik (Serbian Cyrillic: Крајишник) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sečanj municipality, Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (91.83%) and its population is 2,241 people (2002 census).

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Map of Kraji%C5%A1nik, Serbia

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Krajišnik or Крајишник, in German as Stefansfeld, in Hungarian as Istvánfölde (until 1890 Stefanföld), and in Croatian as Krajišnik. The name is derived from the word Krajina, and means "a resident of Krajina".

Its former name used in Serbian was Šupljaja / Шупљаја. This name is found in the records since 1660.

Historical population

  • 1869: 2,329
  • 1900: 2,344
  • 1948: 3,926
  • 1953: 3,733
  • 1961: 3,357
  • 1971: 2,712
  • 1981: 2,495
  • 1991: 2,428
  • References

    Krajišnik, Sečanj Wikipedia


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