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Ujvidek is not a Hungarian town. The town's name is "Novi Sad" and it is the capitol of the northern Serbian province Vojvodina for 200 yrs now. "Ujvidek" is only a Hungarian word for this town. Total Misleading ! Novi Sad (nô`vē säd), Ger. Neusatz, Hung. Újvidék, city (1991 pop. 179,626), N Serbia and Montenegro, in Serbia, on the Danube River. The capital of the Vojvodina region and an industrial center and port, its industries produce processed foods, textiles, electrical equipment, and munitions. It is the site of a major oil refinery. Known in the 16th cent., it rapidly developed as a commercial center, became an Orthodox episcopal see, and was made (1748) a royal free city of Austria-Hungary. In the 18th and early 19th cent. Novi Sad was the center of the Serbian literary revival. It was incorporated into Yugoslavia (now Serbia and Montenegro) in 1918. The city has Serbian Orthodox churches, a university, and numerous cultural facilities.

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