Karađorđevo (Bačka Palanka)
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Karađorđevo (
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: Карађорђево) is a village in the Bačka Palanka municipality, in the South Bačka District of
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. Karađorđevo had a total population of 1,077 inhabitants in 1991 and 1,012 inhabitants in 2002. It is located 10 km north west of the municipality centre. The Karađorđevo estate, established in 1885, has served as a representative hunting resorts for kings, nobility and statesmen. It is managed by the Karađorđevo Military Establishment. One part of the property is a special nature reserve.


History

Karađorđevo is the youngest place in municipality. It was founded as a horse farm called ''Mentelep'' by Hungarians in 1904. It became Agricultural property in 1946 and workers started settling around horse farm and agricultural property and formed three parts of the village: the oldest one, Beli Majur (White Homestead), Gornji Majur (Upper Homestead) and Donji Majur (Lower Homestead). Nearby forest became a hunting ground and president of Yugoslavia
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had built a residence near the village. In March 1991,
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Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Милошевић, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the President of Serbia between 1989 and 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugos ...
held a meeting in Karađorđevo that was controversial because they reportedly discussed the partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


Demographics

In the 2002 census, the village had 1,012 inhabitants, including: * 809
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Historical population

*1981: 1,147 *1991: 1,077 *2002: 1,012


References

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


See also

* Bačka Palanka * South Bačka District *
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