Margita (Plandište)

Margita (Serbian Cyrillic: Маргита) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The population of the village numbering 1,047 people (2002 census). Village is ethnically mixed and its population include 462 Serbs (44,12%), 303 Romanians (28,93%), 107 Romani (10,21%), 100 Hungarians (9,55%), and others.

Margita

Маргита
The Orthodox Church
Margita
Location of Margita within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°13′03″N 21°10′19″E
CountrySerbia
ProvinceVojvodina
DistrictSouth Banat
Elevation
79 m (259 ft)
Population
 (2002)
  Margita1,047
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
26364
Area code(s)+381(0)13
Car plates

Name

The Romanian Orthodox church.

In Serbian the village is known as Margita (Маргита), in Romanian as Mărghita, in Hungarian as Nagymargita, and in German as Groß Margit.

Historical population

  • 1961: 1,998
  • 1971: 1,827
  • 1981: 1,550
  • 1991: 1,313
  • 2002: 1,047

References

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

See also

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