Pločica (

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: Плочица) is a

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. It is situated in the

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, in the

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province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (94.32%) and a population of 2,044 (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian the village is known as ''Pločica'' (Плочица), in Hungarian as ''Kevepallós'', in

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as ''Ploschitz'' or ''Blauschütz'', and in Romanian as ''Plocița''.

History

The area was originally settled by Serbs in the end of the 17th century and later by the German colonists in the end of the 18th century. In 1910, village had Serb majority and sizable Danube Swabian minority. Until the Second World War, 1,300

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lived in Pločica.

Historical population

*1948: 2,364 *1953: 2,702 *1961: 2,371 *1971: 2,146 *1981: 2,100 *1991: 2,013

Ethnic groups

References

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

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