Senta
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Image:Zenta1.jpg Senta (Serbian: Сента or Senta, Hungarian: Zenta) is a town and municipality on the bank of the Tisa river in the North Banat District district of Vojvodina, Serbia and Montenegro. The town has a population of 20,363, whilst the Senta municipality has 25,619 inhabitants (2002 census).
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Inhabited places
Senta municipality includes the town of Senta and 4 villages. The villages are (Hungarian names are in italics):
- Gornji Breg (Felsőhegy)
- Bogaraš (Bogaras)
- Tornjoš (Tornyos)
- Kevi (Kevi)
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Ethnic groups (2002 census)
The population of the Senta municipality:
- Hungarians = 20,587 (forming an absolute majority of 80.51%)
- Serbs = 2,739 (10.71%)
- Roma = 581 (2.27%)
- Yugoslavs = 392 (1.53%)
- Others.
All local communities in the municipality have Hungarian ethnic majorities.
With the population of 20,363, the town of Senta is the largest settlement in Vojvodina in which ethnic Hungarians form the absolute majority.
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Politics
The mayor of the municipality is Attila Juhász.
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