Nikinci

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Nikinci (Никинци) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Ruma municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,216 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian the village is known as Nikinci (Никинци), in Croatian as Nikinci, and in Hungarian as Nyékinca.

History

In 1737, about 1,600 Catholic Albanians from Klimenti clan came to Srem. They were settled in the villages of Nikinci and Hrtkovci. Today, their descendants consider themselves Croats.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

• Serbs = 1,534
• Hungarians = 264
• Croats = 210
• Yugoslavs = 69
• Roma = 32
• others.

Historical population

• 1961: 2,607
• 1971: 2,644
• 1981: 2,425
• 1991: 2,266

See also

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

References

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
• Borislav Jankulov, Pregled kolonizacije Vojvodine u XVIII i XIX veku, Novi Sad - Pančevo, 2003.

External links

• History of Nikinci