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Kelebia

Kelebia
Kelebia with the Church of Christ the King
Kelebia with the Church of Christ the King
Coat of arms of Kelebia
Kelebia is located in Hungary
Kelebia
Kelebia
Location in Hungary
Coordinates: 46°12′N 19°37′E / 46.200°N 19.617°E / 46.200; 19.617
Country Hungary
CountyBács-Kiskun
Area
 • Total66.70 km2 (25.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total3,019
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6423
Area code77

Kelebia is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. The railway crossing into the Serbian province of Vojvodina is located here.

Croats in Hungary call this village Kelebija.[1]

History

Passport exit stamp from Kelebia via railway crossing.

The border drawn in 1918 split one village into two countries, Hungary and Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Today, the municipalities are called Kelebia in Hungary and Kelebija in Serbia.

Geography

It covers an area of 66.7 km2 (26 sq mi) and has a population of 3019 people (2002).

References

  1. ^ "Folia onomastica croatica 14/2005" (in Croatian). (462 KB) Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj,


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