Torak (Žitište)

Torak Торак Torac
Village
The Romanian Orthodox Church in Mali Torak The Romanian Orthodox Church in Mali Torak
Torak Location of Torak within Serbia
Torak Location of Torak within Vojvodina
Coordinates:
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	Central Banat
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population (2002)
• Torak	2,850
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	23232
Area code(s)	+381(0)23
Car plates	ZR

Torak (Serbian Cyrillic: Торак; Romanian: Torac), formerly known as Begejci (Serbian Cyrillic: Бегејци), is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Žitište municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Romanian ethnic majority (62.45%) and its population numbering 2,850 people (2002 census).

Name and Geography

Historically, the village was made from two parts - one named Mali Torak (Serbian Cyrillic: Мали Торак, Romanian: Toracu Mic, German: Kleintorak, Hungarian: Kis-Tárnok, "little Torak"), and another named Veliki Torak (Serbian Cyrillic: Велики Торак, Romanian: Toracul Mare , German: Großtorak, Hungarian: Nagy-Tárnok, "great Torak").

Historical population

• 1961: 5,198
• 1971: 4,817
• 1981: 4,289
• 1991: 3,700

Gallery

• Veliki Torak, Romanian Orthodox church.jpg

  The Romanian Orthodox church in Veliki Torak.

See also

http://www.torak.in.rs

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

References

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