Šumarak
village in Kovin municipality, Serbia
Šumarak is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovin municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province.
Name
Other names of the village: Serbian Cyrillic: Шумарак, Hungarian: Emánueltelep.
Historical population
1948: 233
1953: 231
1961: 192
1971: 241
1981: 168
1991: 109
Ethnic groups
According to the last census from 2011, the village was ethnically mixed and largest ethnic group in the village were Serbs.
According to the older census from 2002, the population of the village numbered 180 people, including 62 Hungarians (34.44%), 54 Serbs (30%), and others. In 2006, the population numbered 177 people.
References
Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Šumarak” is village in Kovin municipality, Serbia. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Šumarak, village and Kovin, not as a finished interpretation.
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The phrase “village in Kovin municipality, Serbia” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q926879. Authority coordinates are 44.819, 21.137. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1948, 1953, 1961 and 1971.
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This entry incorporates text from “Šumarak” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.