Deliblato

Serb Orthodox church

Deliblato (Делиблато) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovin municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population is 3,498 (2002 census). The Deliblatska Peščara (Deliblato Sands), a largest sandy area in Europe, was named after this village.

Name

Name of the village derived from Turkish word "deli" ("big" in English) and Serbian word "blato" ("mud" in English), thus the full meaning of the name of the village in English would be "the big mud".

History

It is not certain when the village was founded. In 1660/6, during the Ottoman rule, Deliblato was populated by ethnic Serbs. In 1761, it was recorded as Orthodox Christian settlement. Serbian church was built in 1783 and rebuilt in 1906.

Population and major ethnic groups

Year	Total	Serbs	Romanians	Yugoslavs	Hungarians	Roma	Croats	Montenegrins	Rest
1991	3,722	74.2%	17.35%	4.00%	1.85%	0.80%	0.37%	0.29%	0.69%
2002	3,498	80.1%	12.6%	1.22%	1.25%	1.08%	0.25%	0.28%	3.22%

References

The Romanian Orthodox church

• Jovan Erdeljanović, Srbi u Banatu, Novi Sad, 1992.
• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

See also

• Deliblatska Peščara
• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

Coordinates: 44°50′N 21°02′E / 44.833°N 21.033°E / 44.833; 21.033