Starčevo

Starčevo
Старчево
Town
Serbian Orthodox church

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Starčevo
Location of Starčevo within Serbia
Coordinates: 44°48′26″N 20°42′17″E / 44.80722°N 20.70472°E / 44.80722; 20.70472
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
District South Banat District
Population (2011)
  Total 7,473
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 26232
Area code +381 13
Website starcevo.org.rs

Starčevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Старчево) is a town located in the Pančevo municipality, in the South Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population is 7,473 people (2011 census).

The name of the town means "the place of the old man" in Serbian (starac, "elder"). The Neolithic Starčevo culture was named after a type site in the area.

Demographics (2002 census)

Ethnic groups in the town:

  • Serbs = 6,205
  • Croats = 349
  • Yugoslavs = 204
  • Hungarians = 111
  • others

Historical population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19483,880    
19533,676−5.3%
19614,854+32.0%
19716,545+34.8%
19817,304+11.6%
19917,579+3.8%
20027,615+0.5%
20088,048+5.7%

See also

References

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