Stara Pazova

Infobox Serbia municipality
native_name = Стара Пазова|official_name=Stara Pazova
image_shield =
district = Srem
mayor = Srđo Komazec
area_km2 = 351
population_total = 18645
mpop = 67576
latd = 44| latm = 59|longd = 20| longm = 10
code = 22
settlements = 9
plates = RU
postal_code = 22300
website =

Stara Pazova (Стара Пазова) is a town and municipality in Srem District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 18,645, while Stara Pazova municipality has 67,576 inhabitants.

Name

In Serbian, the town is known as "Stara Pazova" (Стара Пазова), formerly also "Pazova" (Пазова); in Slovak as "Stará Pazova"; in German as "Alt-Pasua", "Alt-Pazua" or "Pazua"; and in Hungarian as "Ópázova".

History

During the Ottoman rule (16th-18th century), Pazova was populated by ethnic Serbs. In the 18th century (after 1760) Evangelic Slovaks settled in Pazova, and in 1791 Germans arrived here as well. Germans lived in separate settlement known as Nova Pazova ("New Pazova"), thus the old settlement was named Stara Pazova ("Old Pazova"). Until the second half of the 20th century, Slovaks were largest ethnic group in the town of Stara Pazova, while largest ethnic group in the surrounding municipality were Serbs. According to the 1910 census, population of the Stara Pazova municipality numbered 46,430 inhabitants, of whom 24,262 spoke Serbian language, 9,348 German language, 5,779 Slovak language, and 5,670 Croatian language. [http://www.talmamedia.com/php/district/district.php?county=Szer%E9m%20(Srijem)] According to the 1971 census, 56% of population of the town of Stara Pazova were Slovaks. Today, largest ethnic group in both, town and municipality, are Serbs.

Inhabited places

Stara Pazova municipality includes the town of Stara Pazova and the following settlements:
*Belegiš
*Vojka
*Golubinci
*Krnješevci
*Nova Pazova
*Novi Banovci
*Stari Banovci
*Surduk

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

Ethnic groups in the municipality

*Serbs = 54,850 (81.17%)
*Slovaks = 5,992 (8.87%)
*Croats = 1,615 (2.39%)
*Roma = 1,085 (1.61%)
*Yugoslavs = 754 (1.12%)
*Montenegrins = 252 (0.37%)
*Macedonians = 209 (0.31%)
*Hungarians = 130 (0.19%)
*others.

All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.

Ethnic groups in the town

*Serbs = 10,477 (56.19%)
*Slovaks = 5,848 (31.37%)
*Yugoslavs = 357 (1.92%)
*Croats = 330 (1.77%)
*Roma = 274 (1.47%)
*others.

Historical population

Historical population of the town in different time periods:
*1869: 4,132
*1880: 4,629
*1890: 5,838
*1900: 6,674
*1910: 7,339
*1921: 7,751
*1931: 8,536
*1948: 9,193
*1953: 10,103
*1961: 12,089
*1971: 13,776
*1981: 16,217
*1991: 17,110
*2002: 18,645

Twin cities

*flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
*Dr. Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 1, Novi Sad, 1990.
*Borislav Jankulov, Pregled kolonizacije Vojvodine u XVIII i XIX veku, Novi Sad - Pančevo, 2003.
*Dr. Branislav Bukurov, Bačka, Banat i Srem, Novi Sad, 1978.

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.opstinastarapazova.org/ Stara Pazova Municipality] (in Serbian)
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Stara_Pazova.html Stara Pazova]
* [http://www.skgo.org/php/opstine/detalji.php?Id=36 Stara Pazova Municipality] (in Serbian)
* [http://www.pazovacafe.com/ Pazova Cafe Forum] (in Serbian)
* [http://www.rsp.co.yu/ Radio station Stara Pazova] (in Serbian)
* [http://www.idobravoj.com/opstine.html Municipalities of Vojvodina]
* [http://www.sremskioglasi.com/ Sremski Oglasi]