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Šajkaš (Serbian Cyrillic: Шајкаш; Hungarian: Sajkásszentiván) is a village located in the Titel municipality, South Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 4,374 inhabitants.
Name
In Serbo-Croatian the village is known as Šajkaš (Шајкаш), in Hungarian as Sajkásszentiván, and in German as Schatzdorf or Schajkasch-Sentiwan.
History
The Šajkaška district was the scene of a notorious massacre during the occupation of Bačka by the Hungarian army in January 1942, which cost almost 900 lives. The German minority left the village in 1944.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,825 | — |
| 1971 | 2,987 | +0.56% |
| 1981 | 3,541 | +1.72% |
| 1991 | 3,828 | +0.78% |
| 2002 | 4,848 | +2.17% |
| 2011 | 4,374 | −1.14% |
As of the 2011 census, the village of Šajkaš has a population of 4,374 inhabitants.
See also
References
- Slobodan Ćurčić: Broj stanovnika Vojvodine (Novi Sad, 1996).
External links
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