Kovačica

Kovačica Ковачица Kovačica
—  Municipality and Town  —
The Evangelical (Slovak) church
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Kovačica within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°07′N 20°37′E / 45.117°N 20.617°E / 45.117; 20.617
Country	Serbia
District	South Banat
Settlements	8
Government
– Mayor	Miroslav Krišan
Area[1]
– Municipality	419 km2 (161.8 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)[2]
– Town	6,764
– Municipality	27,890
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	26210
Area code	+381 13
Car plates	PA
Website	www.kovacica.org

Kovačica (Serbian: Ковачица or Kovačica, pronounced [kɔ̝v̞ǎt͡ʃit͡sa] Slovak: Kovačica, Hungarian: Antalfalva, Romanian: Covăciţa, German: Kowatschitza) is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. According to 2002 census, the town has a population of 6,764, while Kovačica municipality has 27,890 inhabitants. It is widely known by its naïve art.

Inhabited places

Kovačica municipality includes the town of Kovačica and the following villages:

• Debeljača (Hungarian: Torontálvásárhely)
• Idvor
• Padina
• Putnikovo
• Samoš
• Uzdin
• Crepaja

The municipality is divided into 8 local communities.

Idvor

Uzdin

Putnikovo

Samoš

Kovačica

Padina

Debeljača

Crepaja

Municipality
of Kovačica

Map of Kovačica municipality

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The ethnic groups in the Kovačica municipality are:

• Slovaks = 11,455 (41.07%)
• Serbs = 9,459 (33.91%)
• Hungarians = 2,935 (10.52%)
• Romanians = 1,950 (6.99%)
• Roma = 815 (2.92%)
• Yugoslavs = 349 (1.25%)
• Others.

Communities with Slovak majorities are: Kovačica (Slovak: Kovačica) and Padina (Slovak: Padina). Communities with Serb majorities are: Crepaja, Idvor, Putnikovo and Samoš. There is one community with a Hungarian majority: Debeljača (Hungarian: Torontálvásárhely), and one community with a Romanian majority: Uzdin (Romanian: Uzdin).

Geography

The town of Kovačica is located 27 km from Pančevo and 47 km from Belgrade. Kovačica lies in the wide Pannonian plain.

History

The town was founded in the 18th century, but there are records of small settlements dating from 1458. In the middle of the 18th century, this area was recorded as wasteland. Settlement was founded in 1750 and was settled (in 1751-1752) by Serb soldiers from Potisje and Pomorišje, after military frontier in these regions was abolished. In 1767, Kovačica was included into German regiment of Banatian Military Frontier. First Slovaks came here from Ečka and Aradac (in 1783) and after them, Slovaks from Arvas, Trenčin and Bekeš county came here as well (in 1801). From the middle of the 19th century, Kovačica is a center of municipality and cultural and social center of Slovaks in Banat.

Source: Stevan Kovačević, Gradovi Srbije u slici i reči, Beograd, 2010.

Demographics

Territory	Municipality of Kovačica	%	Banat
Area, km², 1999	419	4.26	9830
Number of settlement, 1999	8	4.02	199
Population by 1971 census	33489	4.44	754403
Population by 1981 census	32798	4.33	758321
Population by 1991 census	30469	4.18	729564
Total population age of 60 or more – by 1991 census	6342	4.51	140723
Total productive population by 1991 census	18700	4.12	453859
Total male productive population (age 15 to 64 ) by 1991 census	10016	4.19	238937
Total female productive population (age 15 to 59 ) by 1991 census	8684	4.04	214922
Share of agricultural population in total country population (%) by 1991 census	28.7	56.83	50.5
Share of agricultural population in active population in the country (%) by 1991 census	32	49.92	64.1
Number of households by 1991 census	10235	4.15	246839
Share of agricultural households in total number of households(%) by 1991 census	62.1	48.21	128.8
Increase in the population by year 2000	-184	3.67	-5009
Total number of employed	4232	2.52	168033
Females in total number of employed (%) by year 2000 - annual average	36.5	28.65	127.4
Income per capita (din) by year 1999	15660	28.05	55837
Income per capita (din) by year 2000	34548	27.95	123593
Agricultural area (km²) by year 2001 - Individual agricultural households and other	366.32	4.38	8360.14
Forest area (km²) by year 2000	0.39	0.15	268.60
Number of built apartments per 1000 citizens by year 2000	1.5	45.45	3.3
Total road length (km), by year 2000	74	2.99	2477
Phone subscribers, by year 2000	5779	3.27	176522
Net salaries per employee – average January /December 2000	2412	30.29	7963
Elementary schools 1999/2000 – end of a school year	8	3.69	217
High schools 1999/2000 – end of a school year	1	2.17	46
College 2000/2001 school year	0	0	3
Universities 2000/2001 school year	0	0	3
Graduated university students, 2000/2001 school year	0	0	146

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Serbia

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kovačica is twinned with:

• Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

References

1. ^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/axd/en/Zip/OG2006webE.zip. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 
2. ^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia – FIRST RESULTS". Bulletin (Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia) 540. 2011. ISSN 0354-3641. http://media.popis2011.stat.rs/2011/prvi_rezultati.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 

External links

• Official web site
• vytvarne umenie vojvodinskych Slovakov (Slovak and English)
• politika vojvodinskych Slovakov (Serbian)
• Official Forum of Municipality Kovacica (Serbian)
• Art and Cultural Events In The Municipality of Kovačica (English)