Starčevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Старчево) is a town located in the Pančevo municipality, in the South Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population is 6,661 people (2022 census).
Starčevo
Старчево | |
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 Serbian Orthodox church | |
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  Starčevo Location of Starčevo within Serbia  Starčevo Starčevo (Serbia)  Starčevo Starčevo (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 44°48′26″N 20°42′17″E / 44.80722°N 20.70472°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| District | South Banat |
| Municipality |  Pančevo |
| Area | |
• Total | 62.07 km2 (23.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 6,661 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 26232 |
| Area code | +381 13 |
| Website | starcevo.org.rs |
The name of the town means "the place of the old man" in Serbian (starac, "elder"). The Neolithic Starčevo culture was named after the Starčevo site.
Demographics (2002 census)
editEthnic groups in the town:
- Serbs = 6,205
- Croats = 349
- Yugoslavs = 204
- Hungarians = 111
- others
Historical population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 3,880 | — |
| 1953 | 3,676 | −5.3% |
| 1961 | 4,854 | +32.0% |
| 1971 | 6,545 | +34.8% |
| 1981 | 7,304 | +11.6% |
| 1991 | 7,579 | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 7,615 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 8,048 | +5.7% |
Gallery
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Roman Catholic Church Saint Maurus
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Насеља општине Панчево" (pdf). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
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