Šuljam

Šuljam
Шуљам
Šuljam
Coordinates: RS 45°05′N 19°40′E / 45.083°N 19.667°E / 45.083; 19.667
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
District Syrmia
Municipality Sremska Mitrovica
Population (2002)
 • Total 744
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Serbian Orthodox church

Šuljam (Serbian Cyrillic: Шуљам) is a village located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Syrmia District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 744 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Šuljam (named after the large number of inhabitants who had a problem with hemorrhoids), (Шуљам), in Croatian as Šuljam, and in Hungarian as Sulyom. In 1579 Suljam is known as a village, but on maps it is shown for the first time in 1730.

Historical population

See also

References

Family names of the villagers

Some of the prominent families in the village include: Miloradić, Vidović, Manastirac, Janković, Đenić, Bošković, Kuzminac, Apić, Radosavljević, Stefanović, Đurić, Smiljanić, Grujić, Vidić, Nikolić, Janić, Dević, Subić, Ivković, Tomičić, Terzić, Lazić, Vasić, Milinković, Đurđević, Jurišić, Ostojić, Lukić, Ličinar, Andrić etc.

Smatra se da je prvu vinovu lozu u Istočnom Rimskom Carstvu na Fruškoj gori(ALMA MONS) a iznad Šuljma na brdu zvanom Glavica zasadio rimski imperator Probus Coordinates: 45°05′N 19°40′E / 45.083°N 19.667°E / 45.083; 19.667

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