Surduk (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Сурдук) is a village in
Serbia
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. It is situated in the
Stara Pazova
Stara Pazova (, ; hu, Ópazova) is a town and municipality located in the Srem District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 64792, while Stara Pazova municipality has 65,792 inhabitants. The entrance into ...
municipality, in the
Srem District,
Vojvodina
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province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,589 people (2002 census).
Name
Surduk derives its name from the Turkish word for the cliffs near the Danube river. In ancient times it was known as Rittium. In Croatian it is known as ''Surduk'', and in Hungarian as ''Szurdok''.
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
*Serbs = 1,463 (92.07%)
*Roma = 61
*Slovaks = 10
*Greek = 1
*others (including Hungarians, Croats, etc.).
Historical population
*1961: 1,782
*1971: 1,467
*1981: 1,332
*1991: 1,253
See also
Site of Surduk*
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
References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
Populated places in Syrmia
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