Stepanovićevo ( sr-cyr, Степановићево) is a suburban settlement of the city of

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

, Serbia. It has a

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ethnic majority and a population of 2,021 people (2011

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). Stepanovićevo is situated about 20 km north-west from

, between the settlements of

Kisač Kisač ( sr-cyr, Кисач; Slovak: Kysáč) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The settlement has a Slovak ethnic majority. Name In Serbian and Croatian the village is known as ''Kisač'' (Кисач); in Slovak as ...

and

Zmajevo Zmajevo (; hu, Ókér) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vrbas municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,361 people (2002 census). It has lak ...

Name

The town was named after Serbian

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Stepa Stepanović Stepan "Stepa" Stepanović ( sr-cyr, Степан Степа Степановић, ; – 29 April 1929) was a Serbian military commander who fought in the Serbo-Turkish War, the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the First Balkan War, the Second Balk ...

who distinguished himself in Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918. In Serbian

Cyrillic , bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця , fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs , fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic , fam3 = Phoenician , fam4 = G ...

, the village is known as Степановићево, in Serbian Latin and Croatian as ''Stepanovićevo''.

History

The town was founded after

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(between 1920 and 1924).

Demographics

Transport

The town is located on the main

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, which connect

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, and

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. Stepanovićevo, like most settlements close to

, is connected to Novi Sad by the city's bus service

JGSP Novi Sad JGSP Novi Sad (full legal name: ''Javno Gradsko Saobraćajno Preduzeće Novi Sad'') is a public transit company for the city of Novi Sad. History The company was founded on 3 August 1946 by order of the city, although the first modern tram line i ...

- bus line 43 (the line passes

Rumenka Rumenka () is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 6,495 people (2011 census). Name In Serbian and Croatian, the village is known as ''Rumenka'' (Руменка), and ...

and

as well). Many buses on the route Vrbas–

also pass through the village. Orthodox Church - Stepanovićevo

References

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

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