Bavanište (Serbian Cyrillic: Баваниште) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovin municipality, in the South Banat District of Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (89.37%) and its population numbers 6,106 people (2002 census).

Name In Serbian the village is known as Bavanište (Баваниште), in Romanian as Bavaniște, in Hungarian as Homokbálványos, and in German as Bawanischte.

Historical population

1948: 5,805 1953: 6,066 1961: 6,133 1971: 6,322 1981: 6,412 1991: 6,517

Major ethnic groups

Year Total Serbs Romani Macedonians Yugoslavs Hungarians Romanians Croats Rest 1991 6,517 87.32% 6.82% 0.87% 1.93% 0.75% 0.29% 0.38% 1.64% 2002 6,106 89.37% 6.73% 0.58% 0.26% 0.60% 0.26% 0.613% 2.03%

See also List of places in Serbia List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

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

External links

Bavanište prezentacija