Vojvoda Stepa
Vojvoda Stepa
Војвода Степа (Serbian) | |
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UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 23219 |
Area code | +381(0)23 |
Car plates | ZR |
Vojvoda Stepa (Serbian Cyrillic: Војвода Степа) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Nova Crnja municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The population of the village numbering 1,720 people (2002 census), of whom majority are ethnic Serbs.
Name
In
vojvoda Stepa Stepanović, one of four famous Dukes during the 1st World War, when couple of locals came to Čačak
, when Duke was living and asked him for permission.
History
The village was founded in 1923 and was settled by colonists who originated from various parts of the
Vojvoda Stepa Stepanović, after whom the village gets its name. First name of the village was Leonovac (Леоновац), named after the daughter of Count Csekonics
who had estate in the area where the village was founded.
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
- Serbs = 1,584 (92.09%)
- Montenegrins= 41 (2.38%)
- Romani = 32 (1.86%)
- Yugoslavs = 12 (0.70%)
- Croats = 11 (0.64%)
- others.
Historical population
- 1948: 2,832
- 1953: 3,076
- 1961: 2,857
- 1971: 2,518
- 1981: 2,032
- 1991: 1,827
- 2002: 1,720
- 2011: 1,412
Culture
Coat of arms
The Coat of arms of Vojvoda Stepa was adopted on August 6, 2003. The Coat of arms was designed by Rade Pavlović and Nenad Jovanović. It depicts Basil of Ostrog holding the flag of Banat, and Stepa Stepanović holding a regimental flag of the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia.
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
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