Stara Pazova

Stara Pazova Стара Пазова
—  Municipality and Town  —
Zoran Đinđić square in Stara Pazova
Location of the municipality of Stara Pazova within Serbia
Coordinates: 44°59′N 20°10′E
Country	Serbia
District	Srem
Settlements	9
Government
• Mayor	Đorđe Radinović (SNS)
Area
• Municipality	351 km2 (136 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Town	18,602
• Municipality	65,792
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	22300
Area code	+381 22
Car plates	ST

Stara Pazova (Serbian Cyrillic: Стара Пазова, pronounced [stâːraː pâzɔv̞a]) is a town and municipality in Srem District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 18,602, while Stara Pazova municipality has 65,792 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 Ópazova.

History

During the Ottoman administration (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. [1] 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

Map of Stara Pazova municipality

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
• 2011: 18,429

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Serbia

Twin towns — Sister cities

Stara Pazova is twinned with:

• Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gallery

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  Panorama looking toward the city center

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  The Orthodox church.

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  The Slovak Evangelical church.

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  The Catholic church.

See also

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

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.

External links

• Municipality of Stara Pazova - Official Website
• Elementary School "Boško Palkovljević-Pinki" (in Serbian)
• Stara Pazova Municipality (in Serbian)
• Pazova Cafe Forum (in Serbian)
• Radio and TV station Stara Pazova (in Serbian)
• Municipalities of Vojvodina
• Oglasi Stara Pazova
• Sremski Oglasi
• Auto Oglasi