Bački Jarak

Bački Jarak (Бачки Јарак) is a town located in the Temerin municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 6,049 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian, the town is known as "Bački Jarak" (Бачки Јарак), formerly also "Mali Jarak" (Мали Јарак) and "Jarak" (Јарак); in German as "Jarek", "Batschki Jarak" or "Jarmosch"; in Hungarian as "Jármos" or "Tiszaistvánfalva"; and in Croatian as "Bački Jarak".

Its name derived from Serbian word "jarak" ("trench" in English), while adjective "bački" refer to its location in the region of Bačka.

History

It was mentioned first in 1267. The modern settlement was founded and settled by ethnic Germans in 1787 (until then, the place used to be barren area). In 1796, Temerin and Bački Jarak were sold to count Šandor Sečenj for a price of 80,000 forints. In 1944, as a consequence of World War II events in Yugoslavia, the German population was relocated from Bački Jarak. In 1945, here was a location of the prison camp for Germans and Hungarians operated by the Yugoslav authorities. In 1946-1947, Bački Jarak was settled by immigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2002 census):
*Serbs = 5,838
*Hungarians = 43
*Croats = 30
*Yugoslavs = 22
*Rusyns = 13
*Macedonians = 11
*Slovaks = 10
*others.

Historical population

*1961: 3,362
*1971: 3,858
*1981: 5,396
*1991: 5,426
*2002: 6,049

References

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

ee also

*List of places in Serbia
*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

External links

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Backi_Jarak.html Bački Jarak]
* [http://www.backijarak.org.yu/ www.backijarak.org.yu]