Beočin
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Beočin Беочин |
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Old Serbian Orthodox Church in Beočin
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 Location of the municipality of Beočin within Serbia |
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| Coordinates: 45°12′N 19°44′E / 45.200°N 19.733°ECoordinates: 45°12′N 19°44′E / 45.200°N 19.733°E | ||
| Country |
 Serbia
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| Province | Vojvodina | |
| District | South Bačka | |
| Settlements | 8 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Bogdan Cvejić | |
| Area | ||
| • Municipality | 186 km2 (72 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011 census) | ||
| • Town | 7,839 | |
| • Municipality | 15,726 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 21300 | |
| Area code | +381 21 | |
| Car plates | NS | |
| Website | www |
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Beočin (Serbian Cyrillic: Беочин, pronounced [bɛɔ̌tʃiːn]) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The population of the town is 7,839, whilst Beočin's municipality population is 15,726. There is also a Beočin Monastery from the 16th century in the municipality.
In Serbian, the town is known as Beočin (Беочин), in Croatian as Beočin, in Hungarian as Belcsény, in German as Beotschin, in Slovak as Beočín, and in Rusyn as Беочин.
The name of the town derived from the word that came from local Serbian dialect, which in modern standard Serbian would be written as "beli otac" or in English as "white father" (the full meaning of the name is "the place that belong to white father"). The name referred to the prior of the nearby Beočin monastery.
Although it is geographically located in Syrmia, Beočin administratively belong to South Bačka District. The town of Beočin is divided into two parts: Beočin Grad ("Beočin town") and Beočin Selo ("Beočin village"). However, no matter that Beočin Selo is called a village, it is not a village but simply part of the town.
Existence of the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Beočin (which is located 2 km in the south from modern town) was first recorded by the sources in 1566-67. Until the end of the 18th century, a small settlement (hamlet) existed near this monastery. During Ottoman administration, this settlement was populated by ethnic Serbs.
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