Odžaci
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Odžaci Оџаци |
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Orthodox church in Odžaci
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 Location of the municipality of Odžaci within Serbia |
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| Coordinates: 45°31′N 19°16′E / 45.517°N 19.267°ECoordinates: 45°31′N 19°16′E / 45.517°N 19.267°E | ||
| Country |
 Serbia
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| Province | Vojvodina | |
| District | West Bačka | |
| Settlements | Bački Brestovac, Bački Gračac, Bogojevo, Deronje, Karavukovo, Lalić, Odžaci, Ratkovo, Srpski Miletić | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Izabela Šerić | |
| Area | ||
| • Municipality | 411 km2 (159 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011 census) | ||
| • Town | 8,795 | |
| • Municipality | 30,196 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 25250 | |
| Area code | +381 25 | |
| Car plates | SO | |
| Website | www |
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Odžaci (Serbian: Оџаци) is a town and municipality located in the West Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town of Odžaci has a population of 8,795 people, while the population of the municipality of Odžaci is 30,196 people (2011 census).
The name Odžaci / Оџаци means "chimneys" in Serbian. Formerly, the settlement was also known as Odžak / Оџак ("chimney"). The Slavic/Serbian word "odžak" (or plural "odžaci") is a modification of the Turkish word "Ocak" (bearing the same pronunciation), meaning "fireplace".
In Croatian, the town is also known as Odžaci, in Hungarian as Hódság, and in German as Hodschag.
The old Hungarian name of the settlement was "Kéménd", first mentioned in 1522, and meaning "with chimney". Derived from the aforementioned Serbian word "Odžak" was the new Hungarian name "Hódság" (also later called "Hódsági Járás" (Hódsági district)), as well as the German name "Hodschag".
Municipality of Odžaci is located in the west part of Bačka, on the left coast of the river Danube in length of 9.5 km. The territory belongs to the West-Bačka district, AP Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia. It is surrounded by the municipalities of Apatin, Sombor, Kula, Vrbas, Bačka Palanka, Bač and on Danube is bordered with Republic of Croatia.
The territory of municipality of Odžaci covers an area of 41.115,89 hectares. It consists of 9 Cadastral municipalities: Odžaci, Bački Gračac, Bački Brestovac, Srpski Miletić, Bogojevo, Karavukovo, Deronje, Ratkovo and Lalić, which are at the same time settlements.
By size of the territory, municipality of Odžaci is one of the smallest municipalities in the scope of Vojvodina. The municipality center, settlement Odžaci, is located in the middle of the municipality's territory, whereas the other settlements are radially staggered around the municipality's center.
Odzaci municipality region is characterized by vast and wide plain land. The ground is below the sea level near the Danube whose great hydrological activity created numerous depressions and bogs. The area between Srpski Miletic and Bogojevo is made up of “slatina” or saline soil, and a certain number of protected plants have found their home on the solonetz soil. Because of its overall importance it is expected that the whole area will be proclaimed as protected.
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