Jarkovac

Jarkovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Јарковац) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sečanj municipality, Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (76.27%), with Hungarian (8.69%) and Romanian (5.72%) minorities. Its population was 1,817 people in the 2002 census.

Jarkovac Јарковац (Serbian) Árkod (Hungarian) Iarcovăț (Romanian)
Village (Selo)
The Orthodox Church
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Coordinates: 45°16′05″N 20°45′18″E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	Central Banat
Municipalities	Sečanj
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Jarkovac	1,817
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23250
Area code	+381(0)23
Car plates	ZR

Name

In Hungarian, the name of the village is Árkod. In German the name is Jarkowatz.

Historical population

• 1961: 2,963
• 1971: 2,624
• 1981: 2,291
• 1991: 2,155
• 2002: 1,817

Ethnic groups

In 1910, there were 3,019 people living in Jarkovac: 2,602 Serbians, 313 Germans, 54 Hungarians, 14 Romanians, 6 Croatians, 4 Slovaks and 26 others.

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

References

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