Rakovac is a village

Village

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 in Serbia

Serbia

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. It is situated in the Beočin

Beocin

Beočin is a town and municipality in the Vojvodina province, Serbia. The population of the town is 8,037, whilst Beočin's municipality population is 16,029...

 municipality which is in the Vojvodina

Vojvodina

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 province. Although, the village is geographically located in Syrmia

Syrmia

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, it is part of the South Bačka District

South Backa District

South Bačka District is a northern district of Serbia. It lies in the southern part of Bačka and northern part of Syrmia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 607,835...

. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,989 people as of the 2002 census. Rakovac is divided into two parts: Stari Rakovac ("old Rakovac") and Novi Rakovac ("new Rakovac").

See also

• Rakovac monastery
  Rakovac monastery
  The Rakovac Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. According to a legend written in 1704, Rakovac Monastery was founded by a certain man, Raka, courtier of Despot Jovan Branković. The legend states that Raka erected the...
  
  
• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina