Amajić (; ) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in west-central

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

. It is situated in the

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Mali Zvornik Mali Zvornik ( sr-cyr, Мали Зворник, ) is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of western Serbia. In 2011, the population of the town is 4,132, while the population of the municipality is 11,987. It lays opposite of the ...

in the

Mačva District The Mačva District ( sr, / , ) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It expands in the western parts of Serbia, in the geographical regions of Mačva, Podrinje, Posavina, and Pocerina. According to the 2011 ...

Central Serbia Central Serbia ( sr, централна Србија / centralna Srbija), also referred to as Serbia proper ( sr, link=no, ужа Србија / uža Srbija), is the region of Serbia lying outside the autonomous province of Vojvodina to the nort ...

. The village is located on the banks of Zvornik Lake, a

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

of the

Drina River The Drina ( sr-Cyrl, Дрина, ) is a long Balkans river, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps whic ...

, on the international border between Serbia and

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. The population was 156 at the 2011 census.

Demographics

As of the 2011 census, there were 156 people, 50

household A household consists of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling. It may be of a single family or another type of person group. The household is the basic unit of analysis in many social, microeconomic and government models, and is im ...

s, and 46

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in the village. There were 61

housing unit A housing unit, or dwelling unit, (at later mention often abbreviated to ''unit'') is a structure or the part of a structure or the space that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by one person or more people who maintain a common hous ...

s, with 50 (82%) being continuously occupied. The average household size was 3.12 individuals. The average age was 42.5 years. The gender makeup was 51.2% male and 48.7% female. As of the 2002 census, there were 186 people and 57 households in the village. The average household size was 3.25 individuals. The average age was 37.5 years. The gender makeup was 48.4% male and 51.6% female. The population was majority Serb, with 184 (99%) self-declaring as

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. Of the residents, 122 (65.6%) had lived in the village since birth, 38 (20.4%) were born elsewhere in

, 16 (8.6%) were born elsewhere in

, 2 (1.1%) were born elsewhere in the

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

, 7 (3.8%) were born in other states of

former Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...

, and 1 (0.5%) was born in other countries.

Historical population

*1948: 187 *1953: 189 *1961: 161 *1971: 160 *1981: 165 *1991: 187 *2002: 186''in Serbian'' Књига 9, ''Становништво, упоредни преглед броја становника 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002, подаци по насељима'', Републички завод за статистику, Београд, мај 2004,

References

External links

OpenStreetMapMAPIRE - Historical Maps Online
Populated places in Mačva District {{MačvaRS-geo-stub

Demographics

Historical population

See also

References

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