The Kovačica municipality is situated in the south-east of Vojvodina, on the area of 419 square kilometres. The administrative and geographic centre of the municipality is Kovačica, which is some 46 km from Belgrade (40-minute drive by car).
15 km of the river Tamiš runs through the north-west part of the Kovačica municipality. East part of the municipality is covered by the Deliblatska peščara (the only European desert) with its specific geographical features.
The arable land covers 84,02% of the total municipal territory. It is mainly made out of first-grade ploughland, some orchards, vineyards and meadows. Over 4/5 of the arable land is chernozem – the most fertile type of soil in the Pannonian plain.
The Kovačica municipality covers 8 settlements: Kovačica, Debeljača, Crepaja, Padina, Samoš, Idvor, Uzdin, and Putnikovo. They are all connected by asphalt road. The Pančevo-Kikinda railway passes through the municipality’s territory.
The municipality is a heterogenous community and an interesting fusion of four languages, epistles, religions, culture and customs. Here, people have been living side by side for 200 years maintaining and cherishing everything they are. They respect and appreciate others and are the testament of the fact that differences do not separate, but, on the contrary, bring together.
According to the 2018 census the Kovačica municipality had 23.874 inhabitants. According to the municipality’s statute Slovak, Serbian, Hungarian and Romanian language all have equal status.
Photos: archives of Tourism organisation of Kovačica municipality
TOURISM ORGANISATION OF KOVAČICA MUNICIPALITY
Address: Masarikova 69, Kovačica
Phone: +381 (0)13 660 460
E-mail: office@took.org.rs
Web: www.took.org.rs
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The household is located at 300 m from the centre of Crepaja. It has one studio apartment with a separate entrance and bathroom. The other three rooms have shared entrance, kitchenette, bathroom and a living room. The whole household has central heating and during summer the guests can use summer garden. There is also a…
The first village tourist household in the village Padina, located at just 500 m from the centre of Padina. This household has a separate entrance with five rooms – two rooms with one bed, and three rooms with two beds. There is a possibility of four additional beds. The household has two bathrooms, kitchen with…
1 room (2+0 beds) 1 room (2+1 beds) Photos: archives of Tourism organisation of Kovačica municipality
Padina is today, precisely because of its wells, called the village in which the “water changes.” Padina’s wells are deepest wells in the whole Banat region. Well digging started in 1814, and was funded by the state. Scope-wheels in Padina, today there are just three of them, may illustrate the zeal and struggle for survival…
They were registered in 2002. and they work on the territory of the whole province. They are trying to keep the cultural heritage of the Hungarians in Vojvodina and one of the main activities is organizing the traditional festival “VIVE” in Debeljača.
They are not registered; they exist for 30 years (since 1978.) as the part of the cultural centre “Jožef Atila” in Debeljača. Their acivities are keeping the Hungarian traditional folk costume and handcrafts, but also with women creating and women questions (lecturers etc.). They have about 50 members.
It exists as the section of the cultural centre “Mihajlo Pupin” in Idvor since 2007. Since 60`s there was the women society but it was not registered. Today they have about 20 members and their activities are representing the Vojvodinian folk costume, art exhibitions etc. They often cooperate with the other societies from the community,…
It was registered in 2006. They existed as the non – formal group until that. Activities: caring about friendship and tolerance between women, their cultural rising as well as the other activities in charity work, art culture, horticulture, agriculture, ethnography and tourism. There is about 30 members.