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Pločica

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Country
  
Serbia

Elevation
  
57 m (187 ft)

Postal code
  
26229

Population
  
2,044 (2002)

Province
  
Vojvodina

District
  
South Banat

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area code(s)
  
+381(0)13

Local time
  
Wednesday 4:25 AM

Pločica

Weather
  
13°C, Wind SE at 16 km/h, 69% Humidity

Pločica (Serbian Cyrillic: Плочица) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovin municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (94.32%) and a population of 2,044 (2002 census).

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Map of Plo%C4%8Dica, Serbia

Name

In Serbian the village is known as Pločica (Плочица), in Hungarian as Kevepallós, in German as Ploschitz or Blauschütz, and in Romanian as Plocița.

History

The area was originally settled by Serbs in the end of the 17th century and later by the German colonists in the end of the 18th century. In 1910, village had Serb majority and sizable Danube Swabian minority. Until the Second World War, 1,300 Danube Swabians lived in Pločica.

Historical population

  • 1948: 2,364
  • 1953: 2,702
  • 1961: 2,371
  • 1971: 2,146
  • 1981: 2,100
  • 1991: 2,013
  • References

    Pločica Wikipedia