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Donji Tavankut (Serbian Cyrillic: Доњи Таванкут), also known simply as Tavankut (Таванкут), is a village located some 16 km west of Subotica, Serbia. It is located in the Subotica municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
Donji Tavankut Доњи Таванкут (Serbian) | |
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  Donji Tavankut  Donji Tavankut  Donji Tavankut | |
| Coordinates: 46°02′52″N 19°29′27″E / 46.0478°N 19.4908°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Name
editIn Serbian the village is known as Donji Tavankut or Доњи Таванкут, in Croatian as Donji Tavankut and in Hungarian as Alsótavankút.
Population
edit1991
editAccording to the 1991 Census, Donji Tavankut had a population of 2,710 inhabitants, including:
- Bunjevci = 989
- Croats = 877
- Yugoslavs = 600
- Hungarians = 97
- Serbs = 71
2002
editAccording to the 2002 Census, Donji Tavankut has a population of 2,631 inhabitants, including:
- Croats = 1,234 (46.90%)
- Bunjevci = 787 (29.91%)
- Serbs = 190 (7.22%)
- Yugoslavs = 137 (5.21%)
- Hungarians = 117 (4.45%)
Historical population
edit- 1981: 2,719
- 1991: 2,710
- 2002: 2,631
Geography
editTavankut includes several relatively separate smaller communities ("kraj"), such as Čikerija (or Čekerija), Sajc (or Nemirna ravnica), Vuković Kraj, Marinkić Kraj, Zlatni Kraj, Skenderovo, Dikanovac, Kaponja (or Kapunja).
Features
editIt has two railway stations (Donji Tavankut and Skenderovo) on the railroad from Subotica to Sombor (and further to Bezdan, Apatin or Erdut). It also has a primary school (”Matija Gubec”), and football (soccer) club OFK Tavankut. The main pubs/cafés in Tavankut are: Tango, Teens, Jugoslavija (closed down), and Tri muve.
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See also
editReferences
edit- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
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