Zagajica (Serbian Cyrillic: Загајица; Hungarian: Fürjes) is a village in the Vršac municipality of the South Banat District in Vojvodina province, Serbia. It is 53.4 miles from Belgrade, at the coordinates 44.97806 N 21.22444 E. At the 2011 census its population was 492, with a Serb ethnic majority of 89.21%.

Zagajica
Загајица
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Zagajica is located in Vojvodina
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Location of Zagajica within Serbia
Zagajica is located in Serbia
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Zagajica (Serbia)
Zagajica is located in Europe
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Coordinates: 44°58′25″N 21°13′17″E / 44.97361°N 21.22139°E / 44.97361; 21.22139
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
DistrictSouth Banat
Municipality Vršac
Elevation
115 m (377 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Zagajica
492
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
26344
Area code+381(0)13
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Etymology

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In Serbian, the village is known as Zagajica (Загајица), in Hungarian as Fürjes, and in Croatian as Zagajica. The nearby Zagajička Brda (Zagajica Hills) are named for it.

Historical population

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  • 1961: 1,214
  • 1971: 1,055
  • 1981: 928
  • 1991: 790
  • 2002: 575
  • 2011: 492

See also

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References

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