Veliki Rit ( sr-cyr, Велики Рит) is an urban neighborhood of the city of
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...
, Serbia.
Name
Name "veliki rit" means "big marsh" in Serbian.
Location
Veliki Rit is located in the northern part of Novi Sad between
Klisa and
Slana Bara in the west,
Mišin Salaš and
Mali Beograd in the south,
Deponija in the north, and
Radna Zona Sever 4 in the east.
Population
Veliki Rit is the largest ethnic
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
neighborhood in Novi Sad. Its population numbering 2,500 inhabitants, of whom 70-90% are refugees from
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
and south
Serbia
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According to another source, population of Veliki Rit include 350 Romani families, of whom 150 are refugees from Kosovo. There are some 30
Ashkali families in the settlement as well
Organizations
The Society of Roma ''Veliki Rit'' is an ethnic Roma organization located in the neighborhood, whose purpose is to cooperate with other Roma societies and to improve economical status of Roma people in the neighborhood.
See also
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Neighborhoods of Novi Sad
This is a list of the neighbourhoods and suburbs of Novi Sad.
Neighbourhoods on the left bank of the Danube
* Stari Grad (Old City, City Centre)
* Bulevar
* Liman (Liman I, Liman II, Liman III, Liman IV)
* Almaški Kraj
* Podbara
** Indus ...
*
List of Roma settlements
References
*Jovan Mirosavljević, Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745-2001, Novi Sad, 2002.
*Zoran Rapajić, Novi Sad bez tajni, Beograd, 2002.
External links
Health situation of Roma people in Novi Sad and Veliki Rit
(in Serbian)
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Novi Sad neighborhoods
Romani communities in Serbia