Velebit | |
Pushpin Map: | Serbia Vojvodina#Serbia#Europe |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Velebit within Serbia |
Settlement Type: | Village (Selo) |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Serbia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Vojvodina |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | North Banat |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipalities |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Total Type: | Velebit |
Population Total: | 366 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 46°N 19.95°W |
Elevation M: | 84 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 24428 |
Area Code: | +381(0)24 |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | KA |
Velebit is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kanjiža municipality, in the North Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority with a population numbering 366 people (2002 census).
In Serbian the settlement is known as Velebit (Велебит) and in Hungarian as Velebit or Fogadjisten (in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈfoɡɒɟɟiʃtɛn/). There is a mountain range in Croatia with same name (see: Velebit).
Velebit is the only settlement with Serb majority in the Kanjiža municipality since all other settlements are predominantly Hungarian.
The settlement was founded after the First World War, as part of the introduction program by which new immigrants were settled in Vojvodina.
Former mayor of Novi Sad Jovan Dejanović was born in Kanjiža.