Paragovo
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Paragovo is a hamlet
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in the urban area of Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....

 and one of the neighborhoods of Sremska Kamenica
Sremska Kamenica
Sremska Kamenica is a town and urban neighborhood of Novi Sad, in Serbia.-Name:In Serbian, the town is known as Sremska Kamenica , in Croatian as Srijemska Kamenica, in Hungarian as Kamanc, and in German as Kamenitz.-Geography:The town is located in the Syrmia region, on the northern slopes of the...

, in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

.

It is located between three hills, Popovica
Popovica
Popovica is a small neighborhood of Sremska Kamenica, Serbia. It is located on the edge of the urban area of Novi Sad and National Park of Fruška Gora. Popovica is connected to Sremska Kamenica and Novi Sad by public bus No.74.-See Also:...

 on the west and Glavica
Glavica, Sremska Kamenica
Glavica is one of the neighborhoods of Sremska Kamenica, in Serbia. Glavica is more a retreat community than a neighborhood....

 and Čardak
Cardak, Sremska Kamenica
Čardak is a neighborhood of Sremska Kamenica, Serbia. This neighborhood is located on a hill, with an elevation of 190 m, overlooking Donja Kamenica to the north, Alibegovac to the east and Paragovo and Staroiriški Put to the west....

 on the east; at the entrance of Sremska Kamenica, from Ruma
Ruma
Ruma is a town and municipality located in Vojvodina, Serbia at . In 2002 the town had a total population of 34,229, while Ruma municipality had a population of 60,006.-History:...

 and Fruška Gora
Fruška Gora
Fruška Gora is a mountain in north Syrmia. Most part of the territory is located within Vojvodina, Serbia, but a smaller part on its western side overlaps the territory of Croatia...

. Paragovo is connected to Sremska Kamenica and Novi Sad by bus line No.72.

Since the beginning of the 21st century
21st century
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, Paragovo has had a Serbian Orthodox Church
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...

. This part of Novi Sad has seen rapid growth during 1990s, when many people from Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

came into Novi Sad. Today, Paragovo has approximately 300 to 500 inhabitants.
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