Banatska Palanka is a village in Serbia

Serbia

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. It is situated in the Bela Crkva

Bela Crkva (Vojvodina)

Bela Crkva is a town and municipality in the South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 10,638, while the Bela Crkva municipality has 20,275 inhabitants....

 municipality, South Banat District

South Banat District

South Banat District is a northeastern district of Serbia with the seat of the district in Pančevo. It borders Romania to the east. The district lies in the region of Banat, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina...

, Vojvodina

Vojvodina

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 province. The population of the village numbering 837 people (2002 census), of whom 752 are ethnic Serbs

Serbs

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Name

In Serbian

Serbian language

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 the village is known as Banatska Palanka (bǎnaːtskaː pǎlaːŋka; Банатска Паланка); in German

German language

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 as Palank or Neu-Palanka; in Hungarian

Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....

 as Palánk; and in Turkish

Turkish language

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 as Haram.

Geography

Banatska Palanka is located in south-eastern part of the Serbian Banat

Banat

The Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania , the western part in northeastern Serbia , and a small...

, near the border with Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

. There are in fact two settlements in this area - Banatska Palanka and Stara Palanka. The second one is not officially regarded as a separate settlement, but as part of Banatska Palanka.

History

Banatska Palanka is an old settlement, existing at this spot since the 17th century, although the oldest settlement was on the place of today's Stara Palanka (Old Palanka) which is located at the mouth of river Nera

Nera

Nera may refer to one of the following:* Nera , a tributary of the Tiber in Italy.* Nera River , a tributary of the Indigirka in Russia.* Nera River , a tributary of the Danube, flowing through Romania and Serbia....

 into Danube

Danube

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At the beginning of the 19th century Banatska Palanka was an important Danube port. The settlement has a continuous decrease of population. Today Banatska Palanka together with Stara Palanka counts 837 inhabitants.

Economy and features

Economy of Banatska Palanka is mostly orientated on agriculture, although its inhabitants have other economical activities too. Stara Palanka is entirely designated for social recreation centre (including hotels, resorts, restaurants, sport playgrounds, objects and spaces for musical and drama performances, as well as the construction of new flates and houses for vacation).

Banatska Palanka is a crossroad between the traffic directions Bela Crkva

Bela Crkva (Vojvodina)

Bela Crkva is a town and municipality in the South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 10,638, while the Bela Crkva municipality has 20,275 inhabitants....

-Kovin

Kovin

Kovin is a town and municipality in South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 14,250, while the municipality has 36,802 inhabitants.- Name :...

 and Stara Palanka-Ram

Ram, Serbia

The Ram Fortress is situated on a steep slope on the right bank of the River Danube, in the municipality of Veliko Gradište, Serbia. The place first finds its reference in Trajanic times as a settlement where the cavalry units were stationed. In the year 1128 CE, it is mentioned as being in the...

. It also possess a ferry-boat, which is the shortest way of traveling from this part of Vojvodina

Vojvodina

Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

 to Požarevac

Požarevac

Požarevac is a city and municipality in eastern Serbia. It is the administrative center of the Braničevo District of Serbia...

 and Central Serbia

Central Serbia

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.

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
• Banat
  Banat
  The Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania , the western part in northeastern Serbia , and a small...