Ada, Serbia

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Ada

| native_name = {{native name|sr-Cyrl|Ада|italics=off}}

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| image_caption = Catholic Church in Ada

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| image_map = Municipalities of Serbia Ada.png

| map_caption = Location of Ada within Serbia

| settlement_type = Town and municipality

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Serbia}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Vojvodina}}

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = North Banat

| subdivision_type3 = Municipalities

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Zoltán Bilicki (SNS)

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| area_total_sq_mi = 88.26

| population_as_of = 2022

| population_footnotes ={{cite web|title=Census 2022: Total population, by municipalities and cities|url=https://popis2022.stat.gov.rs/media/31319/0_ukupan-broj-stanovnika-naselja.xlsx|website=popis2022.stat.gov.rs}}

| total_type = Ada

| population_total = 7423

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| population_metro = 13293

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| timezone = CET

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| timezone_DST = CEST

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| coordinates = {{coord|45|48|N|20|08|E|region:RS|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 83

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 24430

| area_code = +381(0)24

| website = {{website|www.ada.org.rs}}

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Ada ({{lang-sr-cyr|Ада}}; {{langx|hu|Ada}}) is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated near the river Tisa in the geographical region of Bačka. The town has a population of 7,423, while the municipality has 13,293 inhabitants (2022 census), and a 72.71% Hungarian majority.{{Cite web |title=Census 2022 - excel table {{!}} ABOUT CENSUS |url=https://popis2022.stat.gov.rs/en-US/popisni-podaci-eksel-tabele/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=popis2022.stat.gov.rs}}

The municipality of Ada includes the towns of Ada (the seat) and nearby Mol, and the villages of Utrine, Obornjača and Sterijino.

Name

The name of the town comes from the Serbo-Croatian àda which means an island in a river or lake.{{Cite book |last=Kiss |first=Lajos |title=Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára |publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó |year=1980 |isbn=963-05-2277-2 |location=Budapest}}

Demographics

{{Historical populations

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|1948|22235 |1953|21676 |1961|22234 |1971|22611 |1981|22408 |1991|21506 |2002|18994 |2011|16991 |2022|13293

| source = {{cite web|title=2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia|url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Knjiga20.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia|access-date=19 March 2017}}

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According to the 2011 census, the total population of the Ada municipality was 16,991 inhabitants.

=Ethnic groups=

All local communities in the municipality have a Hungarian majority.

The ethnic composition of the municipality is:{{cite web|title=Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2011. у Републици Србији|url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Nacionalna%20pripadnost-Ethnicity.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku|access-date=6 April 2019}}

class="wikitable"
Ethnic group ! Population !%
style="background:#F5F5DC;"\|Hungarians	align="right"\|12,750 \|75.04%
style="background:#F5F5DC;"\|Serbs	align="right"\|2,956 \|17.40%
style="background:#F5F5DC;"\|Roma	align="right"\|323 \|1.90%
style="background:#F5F5DC;"\|Yugoslavs	align="right"\|74 \|0.44%
style="background:#F5F5DC;"\|Croats	align="right"\|50 \|0.29%
style="background:#F5F5DC;"\|Albanians	align="right"\|25 \|0.15%
style="background:#F5F5DC;"\|Slovaks	align="right"\|18 \|0.11%
style="background:#F5F5DC;"\|Others	align="right"\|795 \|4.68%
class="sortbottom" \|style="background:#F0F0F0;"\|Total	align="right"\|16,991 \|

class="wikitable"

Ethnic group

! Population

style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Hungarians

align="right"|12,750

|75.04%

style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Serbs

align="right"|2,956

|17.40%

style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Roma

align="right"|323

|1.90%

style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Yugoslavs

align="right"|74

|0.44%

style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Croats

align="right"|50

|0.29%

style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Albanians

align="right"|25

|0.15%

style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Slovaks

align="right"|18

|0.11%

style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Others

align="right"|795

|4.68%

class="sortbottom"

|style="background:#F0F0F0;"|Total

align="right"|16,991

=Jewish history=

A Jewish community was founded in the city in 1790. Over the years, pogroms, assaults and murders against them against the background of anti-Semitism were carried out.

The first rabbi of the city was Rabbi Aharon Ackerman, followed by Rabbi Yaakov Heilbronn, who was murdered by rioters.

In 1880, 410 Jews lived in the community and in 1896 a synagogue was established. In 1925, 470 Jews lived in the town.

In April 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the area and 60 Jews were murdered. Most of the community's Jews were later murdered in the Holocaust.

59 survivors immigrated to Israel in 1948 and in 1973 the synagogue was demolished by order of the Yugoslavian authorities.[https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-73782 Ada community] in JewishGen Communities Database

Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):{{cite web|title=MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, 2019.|url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2019/PdfE/G201913046.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia|date=25 December 2019|access-date=29 December 2019}}

Activity ! Total
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	align="right" \|16
Mining and quarrying	align="right"
Manufacturing	align="right"\|2,341
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	align="right"\|5
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	align="right"\|29
Construction	align="right"\|83
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	align="right"\|658
Transportation and storage	align="right" \|139
Accommodation and food services	align="right"\|91
Information and communication	align="right"\|53
Financial and insurance activities	align="right" \|40
Real estate activities	align="right"\|2
Professional, scientific and technical activities	align="right"\|114
Administrative and support service activities	align="right"\|45
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security	align="right"\|151
Education	align="right" \|261
Human health and social work activities	align="right" \|234
Arts, entertainment and recreation	align="right"\|31
Other service activities	align="right"\|80
Individual agricultural workers	align="right"\|349
class="sortbottom" \|Total	align="right"\|4,722

Notable people

Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971), Hungarian communist leader
Arpad Sterbik (born 1979), Yugoslav and Spanish handball goalkeeper

International relations

=Twin towns — Sister cities=

Ada is twinned with:

{{flagicon|HUN}} Újbuda, Hungary{{cite web|url=http://rafia.hu/node/252| title = Újbuda története|access-date = 2013-08-11|work=Rafia.hu|language=hu|trans-title=Újbuda - New in History, Twin Towns|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521042441/http://rafia.hu/node/252|archive-date = 2013-05-21}}
{{flagicon|HUN}} Makó, Hungary
{{flagicon|HUN}} Inárcs, Hungary
{{flagicon|HUN}} Nemesnádudvar, Hungary
{{flagicon|ROU}} Joseni, Romania