Ciacova
Ciacova (German: Tschakowa; Hungarian: Csák, before 1913 Csákova; Serbian: Чаково/Čakovo; Turkish: Çakova) is a town in Timiș County, western Romania, in the Banat region. According to the 2011 census, it had 5,348 inhabitants.
Ciacova | |
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 Location in Timiș County | |
  Ciacova Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°30′N 21°8′E | |
| Country |  |
| County | Timiș |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Petru Filip[1] (PNL) |
| Area | 138.49 km2 (53.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | 5,348 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Vehicle reg. | TM |
Ciacova is located at 28 km (17 mi) from Timișoara and 30 km (19 mi) from the Serbian border. The town administers four villages: Cebza (Csebze), Macedonia (Macedónia), Obad (Obád) and Petroman (Petromány). When it was declared a town in 2004, Gad and Ghilad villages, which it administered up to that point, were split off to form Ghilad Commune.
Demographics
| Census[3] | Ethnicity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Romanians | Germans | Hungarians | Roma | Serbs | Slovaks | Other |
| 1880 | 12,960 | 7,611 | 3,166 | 762 | - | 1,328 | 24 | 69 |
| 1900 | 15,562 | 8,529 | 4,009 | 1,586 | - | 1,212 | 35 | 191 |
| 1930 | 13,566 | 8,289 | 2,666 | 1,409 | 288 | 744 | 20 | 150 |
| 1977 | 9,952 | 7,111 | 1,047 | 987 | 392 | 355 | 2 | 58 |
| 1992 | 7,457 | 5,802 | 304 | 709 | 398 | 195 | 2 | 47 |
| 2002 | 7,285 | 5,850 | 191 | 613 | 426 | 151 | 3 | 51 |
| 2011 | 5,348 | 4,266 | 88 | 333 | 229 | 66 | 0 | 33[a] |
^ Includes 26 Ukrainians. Data were unavailable for 333 inhabitants.
Macedonia
The village of Macedonia had 470 people in 2002.
| Census[3] | Ethnic structure | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Romanians | Germans | Hungarians | Other ethnicities | |||
| 1880 | 767 | 682 | 43 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 1910 | 1,089 | 988 | 30 | 43 | 28 | |||
| 1941 | 912 | 866 | 9 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 1977 | 606 | 581 | 3 | 1 | 21 | |||
| 1992 | 462 | 413 | 1 | 2 | 46 (43 Romani people) | |||
Natives
- Dositej Obradović (1742–1811), Serbian author, philosopher, linguist, traveler, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia
References
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- "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- Varga E. Census data for Timiș County 1880 - 1992
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