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Zmajevo
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Also known as Ókér

Zmajevo (; ) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vrbas municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,361 people (2002 census). It has lakes that are full of carp (Zmajevacka jezera) and a large hunting ground with many wild animals. Anglers from all over Serbia come to Zmajevo to fish the carp in Vojvodina.

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Place details

Locality
Општина Врбас
Region
Vojvodina
Country
Србија
Population
4,547
Timezone
Europe/Belgrade

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Key facts

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Zmajevo
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Village (Selo)
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Zmajevo_Orthodox_church.jpg
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The Orthodox church.
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Serbia Vojvodina#Serbia#Europe
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bottom
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Country
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Province
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Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Bačka (Podunavlje)
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District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
South Bačka
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Municipality
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16px Vrbas
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Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2002
Settlement.population_total
4,361
Settlement.timezone
CET

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Zmajevo (; ) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vrbas municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,361 people (2002 census). It has lakes that are full of carp (Zmajevacka jezera) and a large hunting ground with many wild animals. Anglers from all over Serbia come to Zmajevo to fish the carp in Vojvodina.

==Name== In Serbian, the village is known as Zmajevo (Змајево), in German as Alt-Keer or Altker, and in Hungarian as Ókér (Kér was the name of one of the Hungarian tribes that occupied this territory). Older Serbian names (that were given to the village only after the end of the First World War) were: Pašićevo (Пашићево), Stari Ker (Стари Кер), Ker (Кер), and Bačka Dobra (Бачка Добра). The current name, Zmajevo, derived from nickname of Serbian poet Jovan Jovanović Zmaj.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zmajevo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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