Torak (Žitište)

Geobox Settlement
name = Torak
Торак
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other_name = Begejci
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country = Serbia
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region = Central Banat
region_type = District
district = Žitište
district_type = Municipality
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postal_code = 23232
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area_code = +381 23
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Torak or Torac (Торак, Torac in Romanian), formerly known as Begejci (Бегејци), is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Žitište municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Romanian ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,850 people (2002 census).

Geography

Historically, the village was made from two parts - one named Mali Torak ("little Torak"), and another named Veliki Torak ("great Torak").

Historical population

*1961: 5,198
*1971: 4,817
*1981: 4,289
*1991: 3,700

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/Begejci.html Begejci - Torak]