Torak (Žitište)

Torak Торак Torac
Village
The Romanian Orthodox Church in Mali Torak [Toracul Mic]
Torak Location of Torak within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°30′19″N 20°36′14″E / 45.50528°N 20.60389°E / 45.50528; 20.60389Coordinates: 45°30′19″N 20°36′14″E / 45.50528°N 20.60389°E / 45.50528; 20.60389
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	Central Banat
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population (2002)
• Torak	2,850
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	23232
Area code(s)	+381(0)23
Car plates	ZR

Torak (Serbian Cyrillic: Торак; Romanian: Torac), formerly known as Begejci (Serbian Cyrillic: Бегејци), is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Žitište municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Romanian ethnic majority (62.45%) and its population numbering 2,850 people (2002 census).

Historically, present-day Torac is formed from the union of two historic entities - one named Mali Torak (Serbian Cyrillic: Мали Торак, Romanian: Toracul Mic, German: Kleintorak, Hungarian: Kis-Tárnok, "little Torak"), and another named Veliki Torak (Serbian Cyrillic: Велики Торак, Romanian: Toracul Mare , German: Großtorak, Hungarian: Nagy-Tárnok, "great Torak"). The road leading to the bridge over the Bega canal constituted the border between the two towns.

In 1946 the two parts were united under the common name Torak (Torac). The following year, 1947, the name was officially changed to Begejci (as Begheiți in Romanian).