Belo Blato ( sr-cyr, Бело Блато; sk, Biele Blato or ; hu, Erzsébetlak, , , or ) is a village located in the
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous pro ...
municipality, in the
Central Banat District
The Central Banat District ( sr, Средњобанатски округ, Srednjobanatski okrug, ; hu, Közép-bánsági körzet) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It lies in the geogr ...
of
Serbia
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. It is situated in the autonomous province of
Vojvodina
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. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbering 1,477 people (2002 census).
Name
In
Serbian the
village
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is known as ''Belo Blato'' (Бело Блато), in
Slovak as ''Biele Blato'' or ''Lízika'', in
Hungarian as ''Nagyerzsébetlak'', in
Banat Bulgarian as ''Belo-Blato'' and ''Liznájt'', and in
German
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as ''Elisenheim''.
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
The population of the village include:
* 583 (39.47%)
Slovaks
The Slovaks ( sk, Slováci, singular: ''Slovák'', feminine: ''Slovenka'', plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovak.
In Slovakia, 4.4 mi ...
* 488 (33.04%)
Hungarians
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* 128 (8.67%)
Bulgarians
Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe.
Etymology
Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely understo ...
* 118 (7.99%)
Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language.
The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
* others.
Slovaks and Hungarians in the village speak their native languages and nestle their national cultures, while Bulgarians do not have school classes in their language, which is slowly disappearing.
History
Belo Blato was settled in 1883 by Slovak people from the village of
Padina (in south
Banat
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), where Slovaks from
Slovakia
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settled several years earlier. These Slovaks were poor but very active. After few years, they built in a new village the new
Evangelical
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church, house for priest, school for children, and mill. Soon after Slovaks, the Hungarian and Bulgarian settlers settled in Belo Blato as well. They came from neighbouring villages of
Mužlja and
Lukino Selo
Lukino Selo ( sr-Cyrl, Лукино Село, hu, Lukácsfalva, german: Lukasdorf) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village h ...
.
Historical population
*1961: 2,031
*1971: 1,841
*1981: 1,746
*1991: 1,762
*2002: 1,477
*2011: 1,342
See also
*
List of places in Serbia
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*
List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia.
List of largest cities and towns in Vojvodina
List of urban settlements in Vojvodina
List of all urban settlements (cities and towns) in Vojvodina with populati ...
References
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*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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