Mali Žam ( sr-cyr, Мали Жам; ro, Jamu Mic; hu, Kiszsám) is a
village
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in
Serbia
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. It is situated in the
Vršac
Vršac ( sr-cyr, Вршац, ; hu, Versec; ro, Vârșeț) is a city and the administrative centre of the South Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the city urban area had a population of 35,701, while ...
municipality
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, 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 ...
,
Vojvodina
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province.
Name
The name in Serbian means "Small Žam/Jam". Across the border into
Romania
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, the first village is called
Jamu Mare (Great Jam/Žam).
Ethnic groups (2011 census)
The village has a
Romanian
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*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
** Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...
ethnic majority and its population numbers 279 individuals (2011 census).
*
Romanians
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= 229 (60.42%)
*
Serbs
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= 108 (28.50)
* others.
Historical population
*1961: 880
*1971: 698
*1981: 565
*1991: 499
*2002: 379
*2011: 275
References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
See also
*
List of places in Serbia
This is the list of populated places in Serbia (excluding Kosovo), as recorded by the 2002 census, sorted alphabetically by municipalities. Settlements denoted as " urban" (towns and cities) are marked bold. Population for every settlement is gi ...
*
List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
Populated places in Serbian Banat
Populated places in South Banat District
Vršac
Romania–Serbia border crossings
Romanian communities in Serbia
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