Banatsko Karađorđevo

Village in Vojvodina, Serbia

Banatsko Karađorđevo Банатско Карађорђево (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
The Orthodox Church
45°34′00″N 20°33′28″E / 45.56667°N 20.55778°E / 45.56667; 20.55778
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	Central Banat
Elevation	74 m (243 ft)
Population (2002)
• Banatsko Karađorđevo	2,508
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23216
Area code	+381(0)23
Car plates	ZR

Banatsko Karađorđevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Банатско Карађорђево; Hungarian: Pálmajor) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Žitište municipality, Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The population of the village numbering 2,508 people (2002 census), of whom 2,398 (95.61%) are ethnic Serbs.

Name

It is named after Karađorđe, the leader of the First Serbian Uprising (the name means „the place of Karađorđe in Banat“). In Hungarian, name Pálmajor is used for the village.

History

Banatsko Karađorđevo is one of the youngest settlements in Vojvodina. The construction of the settlement started in 1920 on the estate of Andrija Cekonjic, while first settlers arrived in 1921.