Stepanovićevo ( sr-cyr, Степановићево) is a suburban settlement of the city of

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, Serbia. It has a

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ethnic majority and a population of 2,021 people (2011

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). Stepanovićevo is situated about 20 km north-west from

, between the settlements of Kisač and

Zmajevo Zmajevo (; hu, Ókér) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vrbas municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,361 people (2002 census). It has lak ...

Name

The town was named after Serbian

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Stepa Stepanović Stepan "Stepa" Stepanović ( sr-cyr, Степан Степа Степановић, ; – 29 April 1929) was a Serbian military commander who fought in the Serbo-Turkish War, the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the First Balkan War, the Second Bal ...

who distinguished himself in Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918. In Serbian Cyrillic, the village is known as Степановићево, in Serbian Latin and

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