Telečka

Telečka (Serbian Cyrillic: Телечка, Hungarian: Bácsgyulafalva) is a village in Serbia. It is in the Sombor municipality, in the West Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population is 2,084 people (2002 census). It is surrounded by a sandy region, also referred to as Telečka, or Telečka sands.

Telečka

Телечка (Serbian)
Bácsgyulafalva  (Hungarian)
Village (Selo)
The Saint Mary Catholic Church.
Telečka
Coordinates: 45°48′N 19°23′E
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
RegionBačka
DistrictWest Bačka
MunicipalitySombor
Population
 (2002)
 • Total2,084
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

History

Settlement was built in 1883-1884 by Hungarian colonists. First census was conducted in 1890 and it recorded population of 2,479 inhabitants. Before the First World War this village was part of Bács-Bodrog County (Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary). Since 1918, it is part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed to Yugoslavia). Today, the village has a Hungarian ethnic majority with more than 70% of the population.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

Historical population
Telečka sands
  • 1961: 2,996
  • 1971: 2,665
  • 1981: 2,429
  • 1991: 2,138

See also

References
  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

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