Novi Kozarci

Novi Kozarci Нови Козарци
Village
Old houses in Novi Kozarci Old houses in Novi Kozarci
Novi Kozarci Location of Novi Kozarci within Serbia
Novi Kozarci Location of Novi Kozarci within Vojvodina
Coordinates:
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	North Banat
Elevation	69 m (226 ft)
Population (2002)
• Novi Kozarci	1,912
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	23313
Area code(s)	+381(0)23
Car plates	KI

Novi Kozarci (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Козарци) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Municipality of Kikinda, North Banat District, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has an ethnic Serb majority (93.19%) and a population of 1,912 (2011 census).

Name

The name of the village is derived from Mount Kozara in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and means 'new Kozarans'. Serbs from the Kozara region settled the village after World War II.

Events

Since 2009 Novi Kozarci has been hosting Pie Fest (srb: Pitijada) every last week in September. This event consists of various competitions: making the best traditional potato pie, making the longest pie (Pie for Guiness), fast pie eating competition (srb: Pitožder) and sports competitions (srb: Novokozarački Višeboj).

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

• Serbs = 2,122 (93.19%)
• Romani = 61 (2.68%)
• Yugoslavs = 28 (1.23%)
• Hungarians = 11 (0.48%)
• others.

Historical population

• 1961: 3,668
• 1971: 3,068
• 1981: 2,668
• 1991: 2,488
• 2002: 2,277

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

• Novi Kozarci (ADF/USAID)