Ečka (Serbian Cyrillic: Ечка, pronounced [êtʃka]; Hungarian: Écska) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina.

Ečka
Ечка
Serbian Orthodox Church (1711)
Serbian Orthodox Church (1711)
Ečka is located in Vojvodina
Ečka
Ečka
Location of Ečka within Serbia
Ečka is located in Serbia
Ečka
Ečka
Ečka (Serbia)
Ečka is located in Europe
Ečka
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Ečka (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°19′04″N 20°26′20″E / 45.31778°N 20.43889°E / 45.31778; 20.43889
CountrySerbia
ProvinceVojvodina
DistrictCentral Banat
Elevation
71 m (233 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Ečka4,513
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
23203
Area code+381(0)23
Car platesZR

Name and history edit

In Serbian, the village is known as Ečka (Ечка), in Romanian as Ecica or Ecica Română, in German as Deutsch-Etschka, and in Hungarian as Écska (until 1899: Német-Écska).

The village was merged with former settlement known as Mala Ečka (Мала Ечка) in Serbian, Alt Etschka in German, and Román-Écska or Olahécska in Hungarian.

Ethnic groups (2002 census) edit

The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,513 people (2002 census).

Historical population edit

  • 1900: 4,892
  • 1931: 5,207
  • 1948: 3,934
  • 1953: 4,188
  • 1961: 4,323
  • 1971: 4,621
  • 1981: 5,293
  • 1991: 5,172

Trivia edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

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