Kovacica
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Kovačica (Serbian: Ковачица or Kovačica, Slovak: Kovačica, Romanian: Kovăciţa or Covăciţa, Hungarian: Antalfalva, German: Kowatschitza) is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro. According to a 1991 census, Municipality of Kovačica had population of 30,469, and total area of 419 km². It is widely known by its naïve art.
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Population
According to the last Census in 2002 the municipality has a total of 8 local communities with a population of 27,890.
The ethnic groups are:
- Slovaks: 11,454 (41.07%), forming a relative majority,
- Serbs: 9,459 (33.92%)
- Hungarians: 2,935 (10.52%)
- Romanians: 1,950 (6.99%)
- Others: 2,092 (7.5%)
Communities with Slovak majorities are: Kovačica/ Kovačica and Padina/Padina.
Communites with Serb majorities are: Crepaja, Idvor, Putnikovo and Samoš.
There is one community with a Hungarian majority: Torontálvásárhely/Debeljača, and one community with a Romanian majority: Uzdin/Uzdin.
Geography
The town of Kovačica (http://www.kovacica.org.yu) is located 27 km from Pancevo and 47 km from Belgrade.
Demographics
| Territory | Municipality of Kovačica | % | Banat |
| Area, km², 1999 | 419 | 4.26 | 9830 |
| Number of settlement, 1999 | 8 | 4.02 | 199 |
| Population by 1971 census | 33489 | 4.44 | 754403 |
| Population by 1981 census | 32798 | 4.33 | 758321 |
| Population by 1991 census | 30469 | 4.18 | 729564 |
| Total population age of 60 or more – by 1991 census | 6342 | 4.51 | 140723 |
| Total productive population by 1991 census | 18700 | 4.12 | 453859 |
| Total male productive population (age 15 to 64 ) by 1991 census | 10016 | 4.19 | 238937 |
| Total female productive population (age 15 to 59 ) by 1991 census | 8684 | 4.04 | 214922 |
| Share of agricultural population in total country population (%) by 1991 census | 28.7 | 56.83 | 50.5 |
| Share of agricultural population in active population in the country (%) by 1991 census | 32 | 49.92 | 64.1 |
| Number of households by 1991 census | 10235 | 4.15 | 246839 |
| Share of agricultural households in total number of households(%) by 1991 census | 62.1 | 48.21 | 128.8 |
| Increase in the population by year 2000 | -184 | 3.67 | -5009 |
| Total number of employed | 4232 | 2.52 | 168033 |
| Females in total number of employed (%) by year 2000 - annual average | 36.5 | 28.65 | 127.4 |
| Income per capita (din) by year 1999 | 15660 | 28.05 | 55837 |
| Income per capita (din) by year 2000 | 34548 | 27.95 | 123593 |
| Agricultural area (km²) by year 2001 - Individual agricultural households and other | 366.32 | 4.38 | 8360.14 |
| Forest area (km²) by year 2000 | 0.39 | 0.15 | 268.60 |
| Number of built apartments per 1000 citizens by year 2000 | 1.5 | 45.45 | 3.3 |
| Total road length (km), by year 2000 | 74 | 2.99 | 2477 |
| Phone subscribers, by year 2000 | 5779 | 3.27 | 176522 |
| Net salaries per employee – average January /December 2000 | 2412 | 30.29 | 7963 |
| Elementary schools 1999/2000 – end of a school year | 8 | 3.69 | 217 |
| High schools 1999/2000 – end of a school year | 1 | 2.17 | 46 |
| College 2000/2001 school year | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Universities 2000/2001 school year | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Graduated university students, 2000/2001 school year | 0 | 0 | 146 |
History
The town was founded in 1802, but there are records of small settlements dating from 1458.