Alibunar (;
German: ''Alisbrunn''; ; ) is a town and municipality located in the
South Banat District
The South Banat District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the geographical region of Banat. According to the 2022 census, the South Banat District has a population of 260,244 inhabitants. The administrative center ...
of the autonomous province of
Vojvodina
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,
Serbia
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. Alibunar town and Alibunar municipality have a population of 2,694 and 17,139 respectively (2022 census).
Name
In
Serbian, the town is known as ''Alibunar'' or Алибунар, in
Romanian as ''Alibunar'', in
German as ''Alisbrunn'', in
Hungarian as ''Alibunár'', and in
Turkish as ''Alipınar''.
The name of the town derived from the Serbian loanword from Turkish "bunar" ("well" in English) and Muslim/Turkish personal name "Ali". According to the local legend, Alibunar was named after Ali-paša (Ali-pasha), who had a cattle and a well at this place. Even today, there is a well in the town which is known as "Ali-pašin bunar" ("well of Ali-paša").
Inhabited places

Alibunar municipality encompasses of town of Alibunar, town of
Banatski Karlovac
Banatski Karlovac () is a town located in the Alibunar 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 numbers 5,820 people (2002 c ...
, and following villages:
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Dobrica
Dobrica () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Alibunar municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 1,344 people according to the 2002 census.
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Novi Kozjak
Novi Kozjak () is a village in northern Serbia. It is situated in the Alibunar municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (90.49%) and a population of 650 people (2011 census).
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Ilandža
Ilandža () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Alibunar municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 1,727 according to the 2002 census.
Name
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Seleuš ()
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Vladimirovac
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Janošik
Janošik ( sr-cyrl, Јаношик, Slovak: ''Jánošík'') is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the municipality of Alibunar, in the South Banat District, in the province of Vojvodina. The village has a Slovak ethnic majority (91.63%) an ...
()
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Lokve () �
official website*
Nikolinci
Nikolinci (Serbian Cyrillic: Николинци, ) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Alibunar municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Romanian ethnic majority (74.27%) and a population of 1,24 ...
()
History
In this area, settlements existed in Neolithic, Bronze Age and Roman times. However, settlement appeared in historical sources in the 16th century. First recorded name of the settlement was Alijina Voda ("the water of Alija"), presumably named after its
Muslim
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citizen Alija or Ali-paša, who had a house with stone well ("bunar" in Serbian) in the center of the settlement (hence the current name Alibunar or "the well of Ali"). After Ottomans were expelled from this region (in 1717), the settlement had 32 houses.
In 1764, settlement was included into Illyrian (Serbian) regiment of Banatian Military Frontier, but in the next year, it was transferred to German regiment of this frontier. Before the inclusion into military frontier, Alibunar had ethnic Serb population, but after it became part of the frontier, 130 mostly Romanian and some 20-30 German families settled in this place. Serbs remained to live in older part of the settlement,
Germans
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settled in its central parts and
Romanians
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in northern parts.
On May 17 and 18, 1768,
Emperor Joseph II came to Alibrunn during his tour of the Banat from
Timișoara
Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...
. He spent the night here and the next day, after visiting the Alibrunn Marshes, continued his journey to Tomasovác (Tamáslaka). The Serbian Orthodox church in the settlement was built in 1796.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the total population of the municipality of Alibunar was 20,151 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups

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The population of the Alibunar municipality:
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Serbs
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= 13,680 (59.59%)
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Romanians
Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...
= 6,076 (26.47%)
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Slovaks
The Slovaks ( (historical Sloveni ), singular: ''Slovák'' (historical: ''Sloven'' ), feminine: ''Slovenka'' , plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history ...
= 1,195 (5.2%)
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Romani = 657 (2.86%)
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Hungarians
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= 309 (1.34%)
Settlements with a Serb ethnic majority are: Alibunar, Banatski Karlovac, Vladimirovac, Dobrica, Ilandža, and Novi Kozjak. The settlement with a Slovak ethnic majority is Janošik. The settlements with Romanian ethnic majority are: Lokve and Nikolinci. The ethnically mixed settlement with a relative Romanian majority is Seleuš.
The municipality of Alibunar contains the biggest ethnic Romanian community in Vojvodina.
;Town
The population of the Alibunar town:
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Serbs
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= 2,052 (59.81%)
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Romanians
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= 960 (27.98%)
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Romani = 87 (2.54%)
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Hungarians
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= 61 (1.78%)
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Slovaks
The Slovaks ( (historical Sloveni ), singular: ''Slovák'' (historical: ''Sloven'' ), feminine: ''Slovenka'' , plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history ...
= 46 (1.34%)
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Macedonians = 43 (1.25%)
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Yugoslavs
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= 42 (1.22%)
Notable citizens
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Slobodan Bitević (*1988)
Praštanje uspeha
, Retrieved 2017-05-24.
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 ...
*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia
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References
*Jovan Erdeljanović, Srbi u Banatu, Novi Sad, 1992.
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
Notes
External links
Official site
JP Turist Alibunar - official site
Monografia Alibunarului
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Populated places in Serbian Banat
Populated places in South Banat District
Municipalities and cities of Vojvodina
Towns in Serbia