Veliki Rit, Novi Sad

Map of the urban area of Novi Sad with city quarters, showing the location of Veliki Rit

Street in Veliki Rit

Street in Veliki Rit

Veliki Rit (Serbian Cyrillic: Велики Рит) is a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina.

Name

Name "veliki rit" means "big marsh" in Serbian.

Location

Veliki Rit is located in the northern part of Novi Sad between Klisa and Slana Bara in the west, Mišin Salaš and Mali Beograd in the south, Deponija in the north, and Radna Zona Sever 4 in the east.

Population

Veliki Rit is the largest ethnic Romani neighborhood in Novi Sad. Its population numbering 2,500 inhabitants, of whom 70-90% are refugees from Kosovo and south Serbia. According to another source, population of Veliki Rit include 350 Romani families, of whom 150 are refugees from Kosovo. There are some 30 Ashkali families in the settlement as well.

Organizations

The Society of Roma Veliki Rit is an ethnic Roma organization located in the neighborhood, whose purpose is to cooperate with other Roma societies and to improve economical status of Roma people in the neighborhood.

References

• Jovan Mirosavljević, Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745-2001, Novi Sad, 2002.
• Zoran Rapajić, Novi Sad bez tajni, Beograd, 2002.

See also

• Neighborhoods of Novi Sad
• List of Roma settlements

External links

• Health situation of Roma people in Novi Sad and Veliki Rit
• About Veliki Rit (in Serbian)

Neighborhoods and suburbs of Novi Sad Municipalities of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin
Neighborhoods in “Novi Sad Proper”	Adamovićevo Naselje Adice Almaški Kraj Avijatičarsko Naselje Banatić Bistrica Bulevar Depresija Detelinara Gornje Livade Grbavica Jugovićevo Klisa Liman Mali Beograd Mišin Salaš Pervazovo Naselje Podbara Rimski Šančevi Rotkvarija Sajlovo Sajmište Salajka Satelit Slana Bara Stari Grad Šangaj Telep University campus Veliki Rit Veternička Rampa Vidovdansko Naselje
Neighborhoods in Petrovaradin	Alibegovac Bukovački Plato Mišeluk Novi Majur Petrovaradin Fortress Podgrađe Tvrđave Ribnjak Sadovi Širine Široka Dolina Stari Majur Trandžament Vezirac
Neighborhoods in Sremska Kamenica	Artiljevo Bocke Čardak Donja Kamenica Glavica Gornja Kamenica Paragovo Popovica Staroiriški Put Tatarsko Brdo
Suburbs	Bangladeš Begeč Budisava Bukovac Čenej Futog Kać Kamenjar Kisač Kovilj Ledinci Lipov Gaj Nemanovci Pejićevi Salaši Rumenka Stari Ledinci Stepanovićevo Tankosićevo Veternik

Coordinates: 45°18′16″N 19°50′00″E / 45.30444°N 19.83333°E / 45.30444; 19.83333