Kačarevo Качарево |
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Town | |
Centre of the town
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Location of Kačarevo within Serbia | |
Coordinates: 44°57′35″N 20°41′22″E / 44.95972°N 20.68944°ECoordinates: 44°57′35″N 20°41′22″E / 44.95972°N 20.68944°E | |
Country | Serbia |
Province | Vojvodina |
District | South Banat |
Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Kačarevo | 7,100 |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Postal code | 26212 |
Area code(s) | +381(0)13 |
Car plates | PA |
Kačarevo (Serbian and Macedonian: Качарево) is a town in northern Serbia, situated in the municipality of Pančevo, South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 7,100 people (2011 census).
The former German place name (Franzfeld) means Francis' field in honor of Francis II. The Hungarian name (official name Ferenchalom from 1898 to 1918) meant Francis' heap.
After World War I, the settlement was officially renamed Kraljevićevo (Краљевићево) and that name meant prince's location in honor of the Karađorđević dynasty. In 1946, the settlement was officially renamed Kačarevo (Качарево) in honor of Svetozar Kačar who died in March of 1944.
Kačarevo is located on flat and fertile plains at 44°57′59″N 20°41′22″E / 44.96639°N 20.68944°E, approximately 16 km NE of Pančevo and 32 km NE of Pančevo bridge to Belgrade. It is located within the South Banat District, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, which is in the northern part of Serbia.