Rakovac, Beočin

Rakovac Раковац (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
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Coordinates: 45°12′24″N 19°45′57″E / 45.20667°N 19.76583°E / 45.20667; 19.76583
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Region	Syrmia (Podunavlje)
District	South Bačka
Municipality	Beočin
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,248
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Rakovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Раковац) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Beočin municipality which is in the Vojvodina province. Although, the village is geographically located in Syrmia, it is part of the South Bačka District. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,248 people as of the 2011 census. Rakovac is divided into two parts: Stari Rakovac ("old Rakovac") and Novi Rakovac ("new Rakovac"). Geographically it is close to the big city of Novi Sad.

During the Axis occupation in World War II, 91 civilians were killed in Rakovac by fascists.

• 1961: 1,060
• 1971: 968
• 1981: 1,081
• 1991: 1,375
• 2002: 1,989
• 2011: 2,248

• Rakovac monastery
• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

• Miloš Lukić, Putevima slobode - naselja opštine Beočin u ratu i revoluciji, Novi Sad, 1987.
• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

45°12′24″N 19°45′57″E / 45.20667°N 19.76583°E / 45.20667; 19.76583

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