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Novi Becej |
| Нови Бечеј Novi Bečej Törökbecse |
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| Country | Serbia |
| District | Central Banat |
| Settlements | 4 |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Milivoj Vrebalov (LDP) |
| Area 1 | |
| - Municipality | 609 km² (235.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 census)2 | |
| - Total | 14,452 |
| - Municipality | 26,924 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 23272 |
| Car plates | ZR |
| Area code | +381 23 |
| Website: http://www.novibechej.com | |
Novi Bečej (Нови Бечеј, Hungarian: Törökbecse) is a town and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 14,406, while Novi Bečej municipality has 26,881 inhabitants.
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Its name means "new Bečej". In the past it was known simply as "Bečej", while the current town of Bečej, across the river Tisa, was in the past known as "Stari Bečej" ("old Bečej") and today is known as "Bečej".
In Serbian, the town is known as Нови Бечеј or Novi Bečej, in Hungarian as Törökbecse, in Croatian as Novi Bečej, and in German as Neu-Betsche.
The town was first mentioned in 1091 during the Hungarian Kingdom. In the 15th century, it was a possession of the Serbian despot Đurađ Branković. During the Ottoman rule (in 1660/6), it was populated by ethnic Serbs. Ottomans managed her as "Beçe" between 1552-1718. Until 1918 its part of the Hungarian Kingdom, after it is part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and subsequent South Slavic states except German occupation between 1941-1944.
Novi Bečej municipality includes the town of Novi Bečej and the following villages:
All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.
 The Orthodox church. |
 The Saint Clare of Assisi Catholic Church. |
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