Sečanj (, ) is a town located in the

Central Banat District The Central Banat District (, ) is one of Administrative districts of Serbia, administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the geographical region of Banat. According to the 2022 census, the Central Banat District has a population of 157,711 ...

of the autonomous province of

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

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. As of 2022 census, the town itself had a population of 1,889, while the Sečanj municipality has 10,544 inhabitants.

Name

"Sečanj" is a

Slavic name Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ...

for the first month in the calendar year. The Serbian Ekavian variant of this name was eventually replaced with the Latin-derived "Januar", while the Croatian Ijekavian variant "Siječanj" remains in use in Croatia. In Serbian and Croatian, the town is known as ''Sečanj'' (Сечањ), in Hungarian as ''Szécsány'' or ''Torontálszécsány'', in

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as ''Setschan'' or ''Petersheim'', and in Romanian as ''Seceani''. Serbian, Hungarian, and Romanian language are officially used by municipal authorities.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the population of the municipality of Sečanj was 13,267 inhabitants.

Ethnic composition

The settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Sečanj, Banatska Dubica, Boka, Jarkovac, Jaša Tomić, Krajišnik, and Sutjeska. The settlement with Hungarian ethnic majority is Busenje. Ethnically mixed settlements with relative Serb majority are: Konak, Neuzina and Šurjan.

Inhabited places

The Sečanj municipality includes also the following villages: *

Jaša Tomić Jakov Tomić ( sr-Cyrl, Јаков Томић; 23 October 1856 – 22 October 1922) was a Serbian journalist, politician and author from the Serbian region of Vojvodina, which was part of the Austrian Empire when he was born. Jaša Tomić, Seč ...

* Banatska Dubica * Boka * Busenje () * Jarkovac * Konak * Krajišnik * Neuzina * Sutjeska *

Šurjan Šurjan () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sečanj municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The population of the village is 330 (2002 census), including 145 Serbs (43.93%), 140 Hungarians (42.42%), and oth ...

Twin towns – sister cities

Azov Azov (, ), previously known as Azak ( Turki/ Kypchak: ), is a town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, situated on the Don River just from the Sea of Azov, which derives its name from the town. The population is History Early settlements in the vici ...

, Russia (2018)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Secanj Populated places in Serbian Banat Municipalities and cities of Vojvodina Central Banat District