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Novi Kozjak (Нови Козјак) is a village in northern Serbia. It is situated in the Alibunar municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbers 650 people (2011 census).
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Name
In Serbian, the village is known as Novi Kozjak (Нови Козјак), in Hungarian as Ferdinándfalva, and in German as Ferdinandsdorf.
Until 1947, the official name of the village was Ferdin, which is still in use by many inhabitants. The name Novi Kozjak was given in memory of a village of that name destroyed during the Second World War, which was named after the Kozjak mountain in Macedonia.
Historical population
- 1961: 1,428
- 1971: 1,281
- 1981: 1,170
- 1991: 997
- 2002: 768
References
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
- http://media.popis2011.stat.rs/2011/prvi_rezultati.pdf
See also
- List of places in Serbia
- List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
Coordinates: 45°11′N 20°52′E / 45.183°N 20.867°E
Categories:- Populated places in South Banat District
- Places in Serbian Banat
- South Banat District geography stubs
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