Kovačica ( sr-cyrl, Ковачица, ; sk, Kovačica; hu, Antalfalva; ro, Covăcița) is a town and municipality located in the

South Banat District The South Banat District ( sr, Јужнобанатски округ, Južnobanatski okrug, ; hu, Dél-bánsági körzet; ) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The administrative center of ...

of the autonomous province of

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capita ...

, Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 6,259, while Kovačica municipality has 25,274 inhabitants. It is widely known for its

naïve art Naïve art is usually defined as visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes (in anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). When this aesthetic is ...

that the local residents make without any form of art school.

Geography

The town of Kovačica is located 27 km from

Pančevo Pančevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Панчево, ; german: Pantschowa; hu, Pancsova; ro, Panciova; sk, Pánčevo) is a city and the administrative center of the South Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is located o ...

and 43 km from

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 m ...

History

The town was founded in the 18th century, but there are records of small settlements dating from 1458. In the middle of the 18th century, this area was recorded as wasteland. Settlement was founded in 1750 and was settled (in 1751–1752) by Serb soldiers from Potisje and Pomorišje, after military frontier in these regions was abolished. In 1767, Kovačica was included into German regiment of Banatian Military Frontier. First Slovaks came here from Ečka and Aradac (in 1783) and after them, Slovaks from Arvas, Trenčin and Bekeš county came here as well (in 1801). From the middle of the 19th century, Kovačica is a center of municipality and cultural and social center of Slovaks in Banat.Source: Stevan Kovačević, Gradovi Srbije u slici i reči, Beograd, 2010.

Settlements

Kovačica municipality includes the town of Kovačica and the following villages: *

Crepaja Crepaja ( sr-cyr, Црепаја, ) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovačica municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (88.15%) and its population numbering 4,855 peop ...

* Debeljača ( hu, Torontálvásárhely) *

Idvor Idvor () is a village in northern Serbia. It is located in the Kovačica municipality, South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (93.98%) and its population numbers 1,198 people (2002 census). Name In Se ...

* Padina *

Putnikovo Putnikovo () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovačica municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (97.53%) and its population numbering 243 people (2002 census). Historic ...

* Samoš * Uzdin

Demographics

According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Kovačica has 25,274 inhabitants, with 6,259 in town area.

Ethnic groups

Communities with Slovak majorities are: Kovačica ( sk, Kovačica) and Padina ( sk, Padina). Communities with

Serb The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

majorities are:

and Samoš. There is one community with a Hungarian majority: Debeljača ( hu, Torontálvásárhely), and one community with a

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majority: Uzdin ( ro, Uzdin). The ethnic composition of the municipality (as of 2011 census):

Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of employed people per their core activity (as of 2017):

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kovačica is twinned with: *

Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica (, also known by other alternative names) is a middle-sized town in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to th ...

References

External links

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Art and Cultural Events In The Municipality of Kovačica
{{Authority control Slovak communities in Serbia Populated places in Serbian Banat Populated places in South Banat District Municipalities and cities of Vojvodina Towns in Serbia