Botoš (; ) is a village located in the
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; ; ; ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inh ...
municipality, in the
Central Banat District
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of
Serbia
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. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of
Vojvodina
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. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (89.43%) and its population numbering 2,148 people (2002 census).
Name
In
Serbian
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, the village is known as ''Botoš'' or Ботош, in
Hungarian as ''Bótos'', and in
German
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as ''Botosch''.
Historical population
*1961: 3,305
*1971: 2,820
*1981: 2,569
*1991: 2,436
*2002: 2,148
*2011: 1,860
*2022: 1,494
Notable inhabitants
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Miomir Vukobratović
Miomir Vukobratović ( sr-cyr, Миомир Вукобратовић) (December 24, 1931 – March 11, 2012) was a Serbian mechanical engineer and pioneer in humanoid robots. His major interest laid in the development of efficient modeling an ...
, pioneer of engineering in field of humanoid robots was born in Botoš.
See also
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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 ...
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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
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
Botoš
Zrenjanin
Populated places in Serbian Banat
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