Velebit (Kanjiža)

This article is about village in Serbia. For the mountain range in Croatia, see Velebit.
For other uses, see Velebit (disambiguation).
Velebit
Велебит
Village
Velebit

Location of Velebit within Serbia

Velebit

Location of Velebit within Vojvodina

Coordinates: 46°00′00″N 19°57′00″E / 46.00000°N 19.95000°E / 46.00000; 19.95000Coordinates: 46°00′00″N 19°57′00″E / 46.00000°N 19.95000°E / 46.00000; 19.95000
Country  Serbia
Province  Vojvodina
District North Banat
Elevation 84 m (276 ft)
Population (2002)
  Velebit 366
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 24428
Area code(s) +381(0)24
Car plates KA

Velebit (Serbian Cyrillic: Велебит) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kanjiža municipality, in the North Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority with a population numbering 366 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian the settlement is known as Velebit (Велебит) and in Hungarian as Velebit or Fogadjisten (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfoɡɒɟː.iʃtɛn]). There is a mountain range in Croatia with same name (see: Velebit).

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

Velebit is the only settlement with Serb majority in the Kanjiža municipality since all other settlements are predominantly Hungarian.

Historical population

References

See also

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