Boka (Sečanj)


Boka is a village located in the Sečanj municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority with large Hungarian minority and its population numbering 1,734 people.

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Boka, in Hungarian as Bóka, in German as Boka, and in Romanian as Boka.

Location

It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, just on the east-southeast from the Sečanj.

History

Historically, there were two Boka's, that later merged: Srpska Boka i Hrvatska Boka.
Srpska Boka was in the neighbourhood of Sečanj, while Hrvatska Boka was located eastwards from Srpska Boka.
Hrvatska Boka got its name after Croatian settlers, that were settled there by the Diocese of Zagreb on its possessions.

Ethnic groups (2002)