Kikinda

Kikinda

Кикинда (Serbian)
*Nagykikinda* (Hungarian)
Kikinda Кикинда (Serbian); Nagykikinda (Hungarian)
City
	City of Kikinda
	From top: Rotonda building, National Museum of Kikinda, Mammoth Kika sculpture, Villa Rizenfelder, Saint Nichola's Church, Suvača- horse mill, Kikinda's pond
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of the city of Kikinda (red) within Serbia
	Coordinates: 45°50′N 20°27′E / 45.833°N 20.450°E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Region	Banat
District	North Banat
Municipality	Kikinda
City status	March 2016
Government
• Mayor	Nikola Lukač (SNS)
Area
• Rank	20th in Serbia
• Urban	189.68 km2 (73.24 sq mi)
• Administrative	782.46 km2 (302.11 sq mi)
Elevation	78 m (256 ft)
Population (2022 census)
• Rank	25th in Serbia
• Urban	32,084
• Urban density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
• Administrative	49,326
• Administrative density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Kikinđani, (sr)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23300
Area code	+381(0)230
ISO 3166 code	SRB
Car plates	KI
Website	kikinda.org.rs.

Kikinda (Serbian Cyrillic: Кикинда, pronounced [kǐkiːnda]; Hungarian: Nagykikinda) is a city and the administrative center of the North Banat District in Serbia. The city's urban area has 32,084 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 49,326 inhabitants.

The city was founded in the 18th century. From 1774 to 1874 Kikinda was the seat of the District of Velika Kikinda, an autonomous administrative unit of Habsburg monarchy. In 1893, Kikinda was granted the status of a city. The city became part of the Kingdom of Serbia (and Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes) in 1918, and it lost the city status. The status was re-granted in 2016.

In 1996, the well-preserved archaeological remnants of a half a million-year-old mammoth were excavated on the outer edge of the town area.^[2] The mammoth called "Kika" has become one of the symbols of the town. Today it is exhibited in the National Museum of Kikinda. Other attractions of the city are the Suvača – a unique horse-powered dry mill, the annual Pumpkin Days^[3] and the International Symposium of Sculpture "Terra".^[4] The winter roosts of long-eared owl, with a large number of individuals, are easily accessible as they are situated in town parks and attract birdwatchers both from this country and abroad.

^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
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^ The "TERRA" Centre for fine and applied arts Archived 17 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[Census-1] "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

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[terra-4] The "TERRA" Centre for fine and applied arts Archived 17 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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