Boka () is a village located in the

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municipality, in the Central Banat District of

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. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of

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. The village has a

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ethnic majority (57.32%) with large Hungarian minority (27.79%) and its population numbering 1,734 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as ''Boka'' (Бока), in Hungarian as ''Bóka'', in

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as ''Boka'', and in

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as ''Boka''.

Location

It is situated in the Autonomous Province of

, just on the east-southeast from the

History

Historically, there were two Boka's, that later merged: ''Srpska Boka'' (

Boka) i ''Hrvatska Boka'' (

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Boka).
''Srpska Boka'' (in Hungarian sources: ''Szerb-Bóka'') was in the neighbourhood of Sečanj, while ''Hrvatska Boka'' (in Hungarian sources: ''Horvát-Bóka'') was located eastwards from Srpska Boka. Hrvatska Boka got its name after

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(nobles that originated from

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), that were settled there by the Diocese of Zagreb on its possessions.

Ethnic groups (2002)

*Serbs = 994 *Hungarians = 482 *Croats = 83 *Romanians = 47 *Yugoslavs = 16

Historical population

*1961: 3,260 *1971: 2,673 *1981: 2,246 *1991: 1,992 *2002: 1,734

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