Kovačica (town)

Kovačica Ковачица Kovačica
Town and municipality
The Evangelical (Slovak) church
Coat of arms
Location of Kovačica within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°6′42″N 20°37′17″E / 45.11167°N 20.62139°E / 45.11167; 20.62139Coordinates: 45°6′42″N 20°37′17″E / 45.11167°N 20.62139°E / 45.11167; 20.62139
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	South Banat
Government
• Mayor	Miroslav Krišan
Elevation	78 m (256 ft)
Population (2011)
• Kovačica	6,259
• Metro	25,274
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	26210
Area code(s)	+381(0)13
Car plates	PA
Website	www.kovacica.org

Kovačica (Serbian Cyrillic: Ковачица; pronounced [koʋǎtʃitsa]) is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 6,259, while Kovačica municipality has 25,274 inhabitants. It is widely known for its naïve art.

In Serbian the town is known as Kovačica (Ковачица), in Slovak as Kovačica, in Hungarian as Antalfalva, in Romanian as Covăcița, and in German as Kowatschitza.

Kovačica municipality includes the town of Kovačica and the following villages:

The municipality is divided into 8 local communities.

The ethnic groups in the Kovačica municipality are:

Communities with Slovak majorities are: Kovačica (Slovak: Kovačica) and Padina (Slovak: Padina). Communities with Serb majorities are: Crepaja, Idvor, Putnikovo and Samoš. There is one community with a Hungarian majority: Debeljača (Hungarian: Torontálvásárhely), and one community with a Romanian majority: Uzdin (Romanian: Uzdin).