Gornji Tavankut

Gornji Tavankut is a village located in the Subotica municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbering 1,381 people (2002 census).

Gornji Tavankut Горњи Таванкут (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Population  (2002)
• Total	1,381
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Subotica

Kelebija

Palić

Mala Bosna

Ljutovo

Hajdukovo

Bački Vinogradi

Šupljak

Bikovo

Donji Tavankut

Gornji Tavankut

Mišićevo

Bajmok

Đurđin

Stari Žednik

Novi Žednik

Višnjevac

Čantavir

Bačko Dušanovo

Municipality of
Subotica
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Name

In Serbian the village is known as Gornji Tavankut or Горњи Таванкут, in Croatian as Gornji Tavankut, in Bunjevac as Gornji Tavankut, and in Hungarian as Felsőtavankút.

Ethnic groups

1991 census

• Bunjevci = 791
• Croats = 359
• Yugoslavs = 300
• Serbs = 36
• Hungarians = 17

2002 census

• Croats = 546 (39.54%)
• Bunjevci = 481 (34.83%)
• Serbs = 100 (7.24%)
• Yugoslavs = 94 (6.81%)
• Hungarians = 44 (3.19%)

Historical population

• 1961: 7,476
• 1971: 6,729
• 1981: 1,879
• 1991: 1,526

Geography

The village consists of several relatively distinct areas ('kraj'), such as Skenderovo, Vuković kraj, Partizan, Rata.

See also

• Donji Tavankut
• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

References

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

External links

• Gornji Tavankut - Vojvodina Portal