Vojvoda Stepa

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Vojvoda Stepa Војвода Степа
Coat of arms
Country	Serbia
District	Central Banat
Municipality	Nova Crnja
Center
- coordinates	45°40′51″N 20°39′15″W / 45.68083, -20.65417Coordinates: 45°40′51″N 20°39′15″W / 45.68083, -20.65417
Population	1,720 (2002)
Postal code	23219
Area code	+381 23 818
Car plates	ZR

Map of Nova Crnja municipality, showing the location of Vojvoda Stepa

The Orthodox Church

Vojvoda Stepa (Војвода Степа) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Nova Crnja municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The population of the village numbering 1,720 people (2002 census), of whom majority are ethnic Serbs.

[edit] Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Vojvoda Stepa (Војвода Степа), and in Hungarian as Leónamajor. It is named after Serbian field marshal Stepa Stepanović.

[edit] History

The village was founded in 1923 and was settled by colonists who originated from various parts of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Montenegro, Herzegovina, Lika, etc). Many of the colonists were soldiers of the Serbian army. First name of the village was Leonovac (Леоновац), named after the daughter of Count Csekonics who had estate in the area where the village was founded.

[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)

• Serbs = 1,584 (92.09%)
• Montenegrins = 41 (2.38%)
• Roma = 32 (1.86%)
• Yugoslavs = 12 (0.70%)
• Croats = 11 (0.64%)
• others.

[edit] Historical population

• 1961: 2,857
• 1971: 2,518
• 1981: 2,032
• 1991: 1,827
• 2002: 1,720

[edit] References

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

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Vojvoda Stepa
• Municipalities of Vojvodina