Donji Tavankut
Donji Tavankut
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Most Holy Heart of Jesus | |
| Coordinates: 46°02′52″N 19°29′27″E / 46.0478°N 19.4908°E | |
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| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 1,969 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Donji Tavankut (Serbian Cyrillic: Доњи Таванкут), also known simply as Tavankut (Таванкут), is a village located in the administrative area of the City of Subotica, North Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. It has a population of 1,969 people (2022 census).
Name
[edit]In Serbian the village is known as Donji Tavankut or Доњи Таванкут, in Croatian as Donji Tavankut and in Hungarian as Alsótavankút.
Demographics
[edit]Historical population
[edit]- 1981: 2,719
- 1991: 2,710
- 2002: 2,631
- 2011: 2,327
- 2022: 1,969
Ethnic groups
[edit]According to data from the 2022 census, ethnic groups in the village include:[1]
- 832 (42.2%) Croats
- 456 (23.1%) Bunjevci
- 151 (7.6%) Serbs
- 93 (4.7%) Hungarians
- Others/Undeclared/Unknown
Geography
[edit]Tavankut includes several relatively separate smaller communities ("kraj"), such as Čikerija (or Čekerija), Sajc (or Nemirna ravnica), Vuković Kraj, Marinkić Kraj, Zlatni Kraj, Skenderovo, Dikanovac, Kaponja (or Kapunja).
Features
[edit]It has two railway stations (Donji Tavankut and Skenderovo) on the railroad from Subotica to Sombor (and further to Bezdan, Apatin or Erdut). It also has a primary school (”Matija Gubec”), and football (soccer) club OFK Tavankut. The main pubs/cafés in Tavankut are: Tango, Teens, Jugoslavija (closed down), and Tri muve.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.