Žitište

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Житиште
Žitište
Location in Serbia
Location of Žitište within Serbia
General Information
District Central Banat
Land area 525 km²
Population
(2002 census)		 3,242 (town)
20,399 (municipality)
Settlements 12
Coordinates 45°29′N 20°33′E
Area code +381 23
Car plates ZR
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
CEST (UTC+2)
Website http://www.zitiste.org.yu/
Politics
Mayor Zoran Kasalović

Žitište (Житиште) is a town and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 3,236, while Žitište municipality has 20,144 inhabitants.

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[edit] Name

In Serbian, the town is known as Žitište or Житиште, in Romanian as Jitişte or Zitişte, in German as Sankt Georgen an der Bega, and in Hungarian as Bégaszentgyörgy.

The name of the town derived from the Serbian word "žito" ("corn" in English). Its old name used in Serbian was Begej Sveti Đurađ.

[edit] Inhabited places

Žitište municipality includes the town of Žitište and the following villages:

[edit] Historical population

Population of the town in different censuses:

  • 1948: 3,163
  • 1953: 3,326
  • 1961: 3,078
  • 1971: 2,921
  • 1981: 3,060
  • 1991: 3,074
  • 2002: 3,242

[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The population of the Žitište municipality:

Settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Žitište, Banatsko Višnjićevo, Banatsko Karađorđevo, Međa, Ravni Topolovac, Srpski Itebej, and Čestereg. Settlements with Hungarian ethnic majority are: Novi Itebej, Torda, and Hetin. The settlement with Romanian ethnic majority is Torak (Begejci). Ethnically mixed settlement with relative Serb majority is Banatski Dvor.

[edit] See also


Municipalities and cities of Serbia
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Central Serbia
City of Belgrade: Barajevo • Čukarica • Grocka • Lazarevac • Mladenovac • Novi Beograd • Obrenovac • Palilula • Rakovica • Savski Venac • Sopot • Stari Grad • Surčin • Voždovac • Vračar • Zemun • Zvezdara

City of Niš: Crveni Krst • Medijana • Niška Banja • Palilula • Pantelej

City of Kragujevac: Aerodrom • Pivara • Stanovo • Stara Varoš • Stragari

Aleksandrovac • Aleksinac • Aranđelovac • Arilje • Babušnica • Bajina Bašta • Batočina • Bela Palanka • Blace • Bogatić • Bojnik • Boljevac • Bor • Bosilegrad • Brus • Bujanovac • Crna Trava • Čačak • Čajetina • Ćićevac • Ćuprija • Despotovac • Dimitrovgrad • Doljevac • Gadžin Han • Golubac • Gornji Milanovac • Ivanjica • Jagodina • Kladovo • Knić • Knjaževac • Koceljeva • Kosjerić • Kraljevo • Krupanj • Kruševac • Kučevo • Kuršumlija • Lajkovac • Lapovo • Lebane • Leskovac • Loznica • Lučani • Ljig • Ljubovija • Majdanpek • Mali Zvornik • Malo Crniće • Medveđa • Merošina • Mionica • Negotin • Nova Varoš • Novi Pazar • Osečina • Paraćin • Petrovac • Pirot • Požarevac • Požega • Preševo • Priboj • Prijepolje • Prokuplje • Rača • Raška • Ražanj • Rekovac • Šabac • Sjenica • Smederevo • Smederevska Palanka • Sokobanja • Surdulica • Svilajnac • Svrljig • Topola • Trgovište • Trstenik • Tutin • Ub • Užice • Valjevo • Varvarin • Velika Plana • Veliko Gradište • Vladičin Han • Vladimirci • Vlasotince • Vranje • Vrnjačka Banja • Zaječar • Žabari • Žagubica • Žitorađa

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Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

City of Novi Sad: Novi Sad • Petrovaradin

Ada • Alibunar • Apatin • Bač • Bačka Palanka • Bačka Topola • Bački Petrovac • Bečej • Bela Crkva • Beočin • Čoka • Inđija • Irig • Kanjiža • Kikinda • Kovačica • Kovin • Kula • Mali Iđoš • Nova Crnja • Novi Bečej • Novi Kneževac • Odžaci • Opovo • Pančevo • Pećinci • Plandište • Ruma • Sečanj • Senta • Šid • Sombor • Srbobran • Sremska Mitrovica • Sremski Karlovci • Stara Pazova • Subotica • Temerin • Titel • Vrbas • Vršac • Žabalj • Žitište • Zrenjanin

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UN administered Kosovo

Dečani • Đakovica • Glogovac • Gnjilane • Gora • Istok • Kačanik • Klina • Kosovo Polje • Kosovska Kamenica • Kosovska Mitrovica • Leposavić • Lipljan • Mališevo • Novo Brdo • Obilić • Orahovac • Peć • Podujevo • Priština • Prizren • Srbica • Štimlje • Štrpce • Suva Reka • Uroševac • Vitina • Vučitrn • Zubin Potok • Zvečan


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