Žabalj

Žabalj ( , ; ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. According to 2022 census, the town Žabalj has a population of 8,449 and the municipality Žabalj has a population of 23,853. It is located in southeastern part of Bačka, known as Šajkaška. All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.

Žabalj ( , ; ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. According to 2022 census, the town Žabalj has a population of 8,449 and the municipality Žabalj has a population of 23,853. It is located in southeastern part of Bačka, known as Šajkaška. All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority. ==Name== Its name came from the Serbian word "žaba"/жаба ("frog" in English). In Serbian, the town is known as Žabalj (Жабаљ), in Hungarian as Zsablya or Józseffalva (between 1886 and 1919), in Pannonian Rusyn as , in German as Josefdorf, and in Croatian as Žabalj. ==History== in Žabalj]] Žabalj was first mentioned in 1514 as Zeble, a fortress captured by György Dózsa. During the Ottoman rule (16th-17th century), it was populated by ethnic Serbs. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Žabalj was part of the Habsburg Military Frontier (Šajkaš Battalion). The first church in Žabalj was mentioned in 1720, but it was later razed. After 1763, the village was part of Šajkaš Battalion until the military administration was abolished in 1783. Present-day Orthodox churches dedicated to Saint Nicholas were built in 1835. In 1901, a Catholic church was built as well. It belonged to Hungary 1920, when by the Treaty of Trianon it became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and subsequent South Slavic states. After the 1941 annexation of the town by Hungary, in a 1942 raid, 666 inhabitants¹ of the town were murdered: 355 men, 141 women, 101 children, and 69 elderly people. Those who were liable, were convicted by Hungary in 1943. ==Inhabited places== Žabalj municipality encompasses the town of Žabalj, and the following villages: Gospođinci Đurđevo Čurug ==Demographics== region]] ===Historical population of the town=== 1961: 7,457 1971: 7,851 1981: 8,503 1991: 8,766 ===Ethnic groups=== The population of the Žabalj municipality: Serbs (86.25%) Rusins (5.11%) Romani (2.79%) Hungarians (1.1%) ==Economy== The following table gives a preview of total number of employed people per their core activity (as of 2017): ==Gallery== Image:Žabalj - slatinsko-stepsko stanište 2.jpg|Saline steppe in Žabalj Image:Wiki.Vojvodina IV Spomen-kompleks Crna Ćuprija 349.jpg|Monument of the 1942 raid victims near Žabalj Image:Our Lady of the Snow church in Zabalj (5).jpg|Our Lady of the Snow Catholic Church ==See also== Šajkaška South Bačka District List of places in Serbia List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina ==References== Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996. Zvonimir Golubović, Racija u južnoj Bačkoj 1942. godine, Novi Sad, 1991. Dr Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 1, Novi Sad, 1990. ==References== ==External links== Official presentation of Zabalj municipality

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