Čoka

Čoka (Serbian: Čoka or Чока, Hungarian: Csóka) is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 4,720, while Čoka municipality has 13,835 inhabitants.

Inhabited places

Čoka municipality includes the town of Čoka and seven villages. The villages are:

Padej (Hungarian: Padé)
Jazovo (Hungarian: Hódegyháza)
Banatski Monoštor (Hungarian: Kanizsamonostor)
Vrbica (Hungarian: Egyházaskér)
Crna Bara (Hungarian: Feketetó)
Sanad (Hungarian: Szanád)
Ostojićevo (Hungarian: Tiszaszentmiklós)

Note: For the inhabited places with absolute or relative Hungarian ethnic majority, the names are also given in Hungarian.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The population of the Čoka municipality:

Hungarians = 7,133 (forming a majority of 51.56%)
Serbs = 5,205 (37.63%)
Roma = 337 (2.43%)
Yugoslavs = 228 (1.64%)
Slovaks = 201 (1.45%)
Others.

Five local communities have a Hungarian majority: Čoka, Padej, Jazovo, Banatski Monoštor, and Vrbica. Crna Bara has a relative Hungarian majority. Sanad and Ostojićevo have Serb majorities, although the latter has over 20% Hungarians, while Čoka, Padej and Crna Bara have over 20% Serbs.

Politics

Results of 2008 local elections in Čoka municipality: [1]

Culture

It hosts the world-famous sausage-eating contest :nods:

Twin cities

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