- Starčevo
Geobox Settlement
name = Starčevo
Старчево
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country = Serbia
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region = South Banat
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district = Pančevo
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postal_code = 26232
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area_code = +381 13
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website = http://www.starcevo.org.yuStarčevo (Старчево) is a town located in the
Pančevo municipality, in theSouth Banat District ofSerbia . It is situated in the Autonomous Province ofVojvodina . The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population is 7,615 people (2002 census).Name
The name of the town means "the place of the old man" in Serbian.
History
The Starčevo Culture, an ancient civilization on the
Danube river which dates back to 6000 BC, is named after this town because of archaeological excavations carried out there. The Starčevo culture ceased to exist around 4200 BC with the invasions of thePelasgians .Demographics (2002 census)
Ethnic groups in the town:
*Serbs = 6,205
*Croats = 349
*Yugoslavs = 204
*Hungarians = 111
*othersHistorical population
*1948: 3,880
*1953: 3,676
*1961: 4,854
*1971: 6,545
*1981: 7,304
*1991: 7,579
*2002: 7,615Gallery
References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
ee also
*
Starčevo-Körös
*List of places in Serbia
*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina External links
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Starcevo2.html Starčevo]
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