Subotica

Subotica (Serbian: ???????? or Subotica, Hungarian: Szabadka, Croatian: Subotica, German: Mariatheresiopel, Slovak: Subotica, Rusin: ????????, Romanian: Subotica or Subotita) is a city and municipality in northern Serbia and Montenegro, in the North Ba?ka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is located at 46.07° North, 19.68° East, about 10 km from the border with Hungary. It is the second largest city of the Vojvodina region next to Novi Sad, with a population of 99,471 (according to 2002 census). The municipality of Subotica has a population of 147,758. It is the administrative centre of the North Ba?ka District.

Famous citizens

• Emperor Jovan Nenad (?-1527), a self-proclaimed "tsar"
• Dezs? Kosztolányi (1885-1936), one of the most famous Hungarian writers
• Géza Csáth (1887-1919), a tragic physician-writer
• Tibor Sekelj (1912-1988), explorer, esperatnist, writer
• Danilo Ki? (1935-1989), possibly the most well-known Serbian writer alongside the Nobel laureate Ivo Andri?
• Péter Lékó (b. 1979), Hungary's number one chess player
• Jovan Miki? Spartak
• ?uro Stanti?
• Ivan Sari?
• Vilim Harangozo
• Sreten Damjanovi?
• Momir Petkovi?
• Refik Memi?evi?
• Zoran Kalini?
• Aleksandar Lifka