Turija () is a village located in the
Srbobran
Srbobran (, ; ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town is located on the north bank of the Danube-Tisa-Danube canal. The town has a population of 10,496, and the m ...
municipality, in the
South Bačka District
The South Bačka District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the southern part of Bačka and northern part of Syrmia. According to the 2022 census, the South Bačka District has a population of 607,178 inhabitants. The ...
of
Serbia
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. It is situated in 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 ...
. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,562 people (2002 census). The village is famous because of the annual sausage festival known as
Kobasicijada
Kobasicijada is an international sausage festival organized annually in the village of Turija (Srbobran), Turija, near Srbobran, Serbia. 32 festivals had been held as of February, 2017; it is one of the biggest and most popular village festivals i ...
that is organized in Turija every year.
Historical population
*1961: 3,582
*1971: 3,242
*1981: 2,935
*1991: 2,615
See also
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Kobasicijada
Kobasicijada is an international sausage festival organized annually in the village of Turija (Srbobran), Turija, near Srbobran, Serbia. 32 festivals had been held as of February, 2017; it is one of the biggest and most popular village festivals i ...
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List of places in Serbia
This is the list of populated places in Serbia (excluding Kosovo), as recorded by the 2002 census, sorted alphabetically by municipalities. Settlements denoted as " urban" (towns and cities) are marked bold. Population for every settlement is ...
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List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia
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Notable residents
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Mirko Beljanski
Mirko Beljanski (27 March 1923 – 27 October 1998) was a French-Serbian molecular biologist who studied bacteria, its resistance to antibiotics and the interaction of RNA and DNA. He performed research at the French National Centre for Scientifi ...
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Petar Drapšin
Petar Drapšin ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Драпшин; 15 November 1914 – 2 November 1945) was a Serbian and Yugoslav Partisan commander.
Early life and education
Drapšin was born to a family of poor peasant farmers in the village of Turija ...
References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
Turija location map
Places in Bačka
South Bačka District
Srbobran
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