Veliki Rit ( sr-cyr, Велики Рит) is an urban neighborhood of the city of
Novi Sad
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, Serbia.
Name
Name "veliki rit" means "big marsh" in Serbian.
Location
Veliki Rit is located in the northern part of Novi Sad between
Klisa and
Slana Bara in the west,
Mišin Salaš and
Mali Beograd in the south,
Deponija in the north, and
Radna Zona Sever 4 in the east.
Population
Veliki Rit is the largest ethnic
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin
** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities
** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom
* Romanians (Romanian ...
neighborhood in Novi Sad. Its population numbering 2,500 inhabitants, of whom 70-90% are refugees from
Kosovo
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and south
Serbia
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According to another source, population of Veliki Rit include 350 Romani families, of whom 150 are refugees from Kosovo. There are some 30
Ashkali
The Ashkali ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Ашкалије, Aškalije, separator=" / ", link=no), otherwise known as Hashkali ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Хашкалије, Haškalije, separator=" / ", link=no) and/or Balkan Egyptians ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Балкански ...
families in the settlement as well
Organizations
The Society of Roma ''Veliki Rit'' is an ethnic Roma organization located in the neighborhood, whose purpose is to cooperate with other Roma societies and to improve economical status of Roma people in the neighborhood.
See also
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Neighborhoods of Novi Sad
This is a list of the neighbourhoods and suburbs of Novi Sad.
Neighbourhoods on the left bank of the Danube
* Stari Grad
* Liman (Liman I, Liman II, Liman III, Liman IV)
* Podbara
* Salajka
* Rotkvarija
*Banatić
* Sajmište
* Grbavica
* ...
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List of Roma settlements
This is an incomplete list of settlements with significant (plurality or majority) ethnic Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
People, characters, figures, names
* Roma or Romani people, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas.
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References
*Jovan Mirosavljević, Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745-2001, Novi Sad, 2002.
*Zoran Rapajić, Novi Sad bez tajni, Beograd, 2002.
External links
Health situation of Roma people in Novi Sad and Veliki Rit(in Serbian)
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Novi Sad neighborhoods
Romani communities in Serbia