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Siget, Novi Kneževac

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Country
  
Serbia

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Car plates
  
KI

Population
  
247 (2002)

District
  
North Banat

Area code(s)
  
+381(0)23

Local time
  
Tuesday 12:44 PM

Province
  
Vojvodina

Siget, Novi Kneževac

Weather
  
21°C, Wind S at 16 km/h, 45% Humidity

Siget (Serbian Cyrillic: Сигет) is a village located in the Novi Kneževac municipality, in the North Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (73.27%) with a significant Hungarian minority (25.50%) and its population numbering 247 people (2002 census).

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Map of Siget, Banatsko Aran%C4%91elovo, Serbia

Name

In Serbian the settlement is known as Siget (Сигет), and in Hungarian as Sziget. Former Serbian name for this settlement was Mali Siget (Мали Сигет). Mali Siget means "little Siget", while name Veliki Siget (Велики Сигет, meaning: "big Siget") was used for neighbouring uninhabited area.

Historical population

  • 1981: 358
  • 1991: 294
  • 2002: 247
  • References

    Siget, Novi Kneževac Wikipedia