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Revision as of 16:36, 16 August 2011

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Boka (Бока) is a village located in the Sečanj municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a relative Serb ethnic majority with large Hungarian minority and its population numbering 1,734 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Boka (Бока), in Hungarian as Bóka, in German as Boka, and in Romanian as Boka.

Location

It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, just on the east-southeast from the Sečanj.

History

Historically, there were two Boka's, that later merged: Srpska Boka (Serb Boka) i Hrvatska Boka (Croat Boka).
Srpska Boka (in Hungarian sources: Szerb-Bóka) was in the neighbourhood of Sečanj, while Hrvatska Boka (in Hungarian sources: Horvát-Bóka) was located eastwards from Srpska Boka. Hrvatska Boka got its name after Croatian settlers (nobles that originated from Turopolje), that were settled there by the Diocese of Zagreb on its possessions.

Ethnic groups (2002)

  • Serbs = 994
  • Hungarians = 482
  • Croats = 83
  • Romanians = 47
  • Yugoslavs = 16

Historical population

  • 1961: 3,260
  • 1971: 2,673
  • 1981: 2,246
  • 1991: 1,992
  • 2002: 1,734

See also

References

  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.