Ciacova

Ciacova (German: Tschakowa; Hungarian: Csák, before 1913 Csákova; Serbian: Чаково/Čakovo; Turkish: Çakova) is a town in Timiș County, western Romania, in the Banat region. According to the 2011 census, it had 5,348 inhabitants.

Ciacova
Town
Location in Timiș County
Ciacova Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°30′N 21°8′E
Country	Romania
County	Timiș
Government
• Mayor	Petru Filip[1] (PNL)
Area	138.49 km^2 (53.47 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]	5,348
• Density	39/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	TM

Ciacova is located at 28 km (17 mi) from Timișoara and 30 km (19 mi) from the Serbian border. The town administers four villages: Cebza (Csebze), Macedonia (Macedónia), Obad (Obád) and Petroman (Petromány). When it was declared a town in 2004, Gad and Ghilad villages, which it administered up to that point, were split off to form Ghilad Commune.

Demographics

Census[3]		Ethnicity
Year	Population	Romanians	Germans	Hungarians	Roma	Serbs	Slovaks	Other
1880	12,960	7,611	3,166	762	-	1,328	24	69
1900	15,562	8,529	4,009	1,586	-	1,212	35	191
1930	13,566	8,289	2,666	1,409	288	744	20	150
1977	9,952	7,111	1,047	987	392	355	2	58
1992	7,457	5,802	304	709	398	195	2	47
2002	7,285	5,850	191	613	426	151	3	51
2011	5,348	4,266	88	333	229	66	0	33^[a]

^{^} Includes 26 Ukrainians. Data were unavailable for 333 inhabitants.

Macedonia

The village of Macedonia had 470 people in 2002.

Census[3]		Ethnic structure
Year	Population	Romanians	Germans	Hungarians	Other ethnicities
1880	767	682	43	14	11
1910	1,089	988	30	43	28
1941	912	866	9	11	26
1977	606	581	3	1	21
1992	462	413	1	2	46 (43 Romani people)

Natives

• Dositej Obradović (1742–1811), Serbian author, philosopher, linguist, traveler, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia
• Zeno Coste (1907-?), Romanian singer

References

1. "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
3. Varga E. Census data for Timiș County 1880 - 1992