Banatski Sokolac

Banatski Sokolac Банатски Соколац
Village (Selo)
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Coordinates: 45°15′00″N 21°04′00″E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	South Banat
Municipality	Plandište
Elevation	77 m (253 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Banatski Sokolac	366
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+381(0)13
Car plates	VŠ

Banatski Sokolac (Serbian Cyrillic: Банатски Соколац) is a village located in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (91,80%) and its population numbered 271 at the 2011 census. Sokolac is the site of the annual Rockvillage festival held in the local school yard; for this occasion many former residents pay a visit.^[citation needed]

A statue of Bob Marley was placed in the village in September 2008.^[citation needed]

Historical population

• 1961: 728
• 1971: 622
• 1981: 458
• 1991: 369
• 2002: 366
• 2011: 271[1]

See also

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

References

1. "Population 2011. pod2.stat.gov.rs" (PDF).

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

External links

• Rockvillage
• Bob Marley statue