Apatin (Serbian: Апатин or Apatin, Romanian: Apatin, Croatian: Apatin, Hungarian: Apatin, German: Abthausen) is a city in the Vojvodina administrative region of Serbia and Montenegro, located in the West Bačka District, 45°40′N 18°59′E. Apatin city is the administrative, economic, cultural, educational and tourist center of the municipality of Apatin (333 km²). The population of the Apatin city is 19,289, while Apatin municipality has 32,793 inhabitants. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... Car number plates in the former Yugoslavia showed the place where the car carrying them was registered, in the form of a two letter code. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... The Serbian language is one of the standard versions of the Å tokavian dialect (former standard was known as Serbo-Croatian language). ... Serbia and Montenegro  â€“ Serbia    â€“ Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    â€“ Vojvodina  â€“ Montenegro Official languages Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, Rusin1 Capital Novi Sad Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water  21,500 km²  n/a Population  â€“ Total (2002)  â€“ Density  2,031,992  94. ... West Bačka (Zapadna Bačka) District within Vojvodina West Bačka District (Serbian: Zapadnobački okrug or Западнобачки округ, Croatian: Zapadnobački okrug, Hungarian: Nyugat Bácskai Körzet, Slovak: Západnobáčsky okres, Romanian: Districtul Backa de Vest) is a northern district of Serbia. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...

The Municipality of Apatin is located on the left bank of the Danube river (natural border with Croatia), between the Municipality of Sombor (on the north) and Municipality of Odžaci (on the southeast). The Danube bend at Visegrád is a popular destination of tourists The Danube (German: Donau, Slovak: Dunaj, Hungarian: Duna, Slovenian: Donava, Croatian: Dunav, Serbian: Дунав/Dunav, , Bulgarian: Дунав (Dunav), Romanian: Dunăre, Ukrainian: , Latin: Danuvius), all ultimately derived from the PIE *dānu, meaning river or stream, is Europes second... Location in Serbia-Montenegro [[Image:|150px|center|Map of Serbia-Montenegro highlighting the City of {{{common_name}}}]] General Information Mayor Dr. Jovan Slavković Land area  ? Population (2002 census) 50,950 (96,669 municipality) Population density (2002)  ? Coordinates [1] Area code +381 25 Subdivisions 16 settlements in the municipality License plate code... Odžaci (Оџаци) is a town and municipality in West Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. ...

Inhabited places

Apatin municipality includes the city of Apatin and the following villages:

• Kupusina
• Prigrevica
• Svilojevo
• Sonta

Kupusina (Купусина) is a village located in the Apatin municipality, in the West Bačka District of Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. ... Prigrevica (Пригревица) is a village located in the Apatin municipality, in the West Bačka District of Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. ...

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

As many as 24 ethnic groups live in the Apatin municipality, including:

• Serbs (61.61% of the population),
• Hungarians (11.53%),
• Croats (11.47%),
• Romanians (3.62%),
• Yugoslavs (2.21%),
• Roma (1.59%),
• Others (including Montenegrins, Macedonians, Muslims, Albanians, Germans, Slovaks, etc).

Settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Apatin and Prigrevica. The settlement with Croat/Šokac ethnic majority is Sonta. Settlements with Hungarian ethnic majority are: Kupusina and Svilojevo. Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. ... The Yugoslavs were a relatively short-lived nationality that was created at the time of Yugoslavia. ... The Roma people (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom), often referred to as Gypsies, are a heterogeneous ethnic group who live primarily in Southern and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, Latin America, southern states of North America and the Middle East. ... Montenegrins are a South Slavic people who are primarily associated with the Republic of Montenegro, a member-state of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. ... Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to describe people who spoke Serbo-Croatian language and professed Islam that werent identified as one of the other nations. ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. ... Å okci are a small native South Slavic ethnic group living in the Vojvodina province of Serbia. ...

Spa

Near the city of Apatin lies the Junaković spa. It is a modern and well-equipped rehabilitation and recreation center with sports fields, outdoors pools, indoor therapy, and saunas.

Buildings

Major buildings in Apatin include the Catholic church of The Assumption of the Virgin Mary (built in the 18th century), the new Orthodox Christian temple, the city hall, and the Speiser mausoleum. Church in Villach, Austria. ... An assumption is a proposition that is assumed, i. ... Saint Mary and Saint Mary the Virgin both redirect here. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... The term Orthodox Christian refers to two Christian traditions: Oriental Orthodoxy, which separated from the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church in the 5th century; Eastern Orthodoxy, which the Roman Catholic church separated from in 1054 was the church that was started by the apostles. ...

Economy

The largest companies in Apatin today are the Apatinska pivara AD (brewery, built in 1756), Rapid, Jedinstvo, and Brodogradilište Apatin. Apatinska Pivara AD is the biggest brewery in Serbia and Montenegro, built in 1756. ... The entrance of a brewery. ...

Tourist attraction

Apatin has many places which are popular for tourists and tourism. Because of the closenes of the Danube river and forests, it's a heaven for fishermen and hunters. Also, there is a tradicional gathering called "Apatinske ribarske večeri" (lasting for over 40 years). "Ribarske večeri" usually starts on July 1, and lasts seven days. "Apatinske ribarske večeri" in English means "Apatin's fisherman nights".

Famous people

• Željko Rebrača, a professional basketball player in the NBA. He was born in 1972 in village Prigrevica near Apatin.
• Paul Abraham, a composer. He was born in Apatin.
• Gyula Pártos (1845–1916), an architect. He was born in Apatin.