Novi Slankamen

Novi Slankamen Нови Сланкамен ( UTC+2 (CEST )

Novi Slankamen (

) and has a total population of 3,421 (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian and Croatian the village is known as Novi Slankamen (Нови Сланкамен) and in Hungarian as Újszalánkemén.

Its name means "New Slankamen", while the name of the neighbouring village, Stari Slankamen, means "Old Slankamen". The name "Slankamen" itself means "the salty stone".

Geography

• Latitude: 45.1253,
• Longitude: 20.2394,
• Altitude - feet 459 Lat (DMS) 45° 7' 31N Long (DMS) 20° 14' 22E Altitude (meters) 139
• Time zone (est) UTC+1(+2DT)
• Approximate population for 7 km radius from this point: 10,059

Ethnic groups

The population of the village consists of

.

History

Before the early 1990s and the migrations caused by the

(31%), and other groups.

During the Yugoslav Wars, most Croats left Novi Slankamen and other settlements in the Serbian part of Syrmia. They moved to Croatia, Western Europe, North America, and Australia, while Serb refugees from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo settled in said places.

Historical population

• 1961: 4,372
• 1971: 4,005
• 1981: 3,210
• 1991: 2,977

Economy

The local economy is based primarily on cultivation of orchards and vineyards.

See also

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

References

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

External links

• Official page
• Novi Slankamen

45°08′N 20°14′E / 45.133°N 20.233°E / 45.133; 20.233