Bačka Palanka
Bačka Palanka (Serbian: Бачка Паланка or Bačka Palanka; Slovak: Báčska Palanka; Croatian: Bačka Palanka; Hungarian: Bácspalánka; German: Plankenburg) is a city located in Serbia at 45.25° North, 19.39° East. Its name means "A town in Bačka" in Serbian. In 2002 the city had a total population of 29,431, while Bačka Palanka municipality had 60,938 inhabitants.
Inhabited places
Bačka Palanka municipality includes the city of Bačka Palanka and the following villages:
- Vizić
- Gajdobra
- Despotovo
- Karađorđevo
- Mladenovo
- Neštin
- Nova Gajdobra
- Obrovac
- Parage
- Pivnice
- Silbaš
- Tovariševo
- Čelarevo
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
The population of the Bačka Palanka municipality:
- Serbs = 47,916 (78.59%)
- Slovaks = 5,837 (9.57%)
- Hungarians = 1,490 (2.44%)
- Yugoslavs = 1,041 (1.7%)
- Croats = 982 (1.61%)
- Roma = 841 (1.37%)
- Others.
Most of the settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority, while the village of Pivnice have an ethnic Slovak majority.
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