Kanjià ¾a (, pronounced ) formerly Stara Kanjià ¾a (; ; , formerly Kanizsa) is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Kanjià ¾a town has a population of 8,067, while the Kanjià ¾a municipality has 20,141 inhabitants (2022 census).
Although it belongs to the North Banat District, the territory of Kanjià ¾a municipality is actually located in the region of BaÃÂka. The territory of the municipality is bordered by the river Tisa and the Novi Kneà ¾evac Municipality in the east, the Municipality of Senta in the south, the Municipality of Subotica in the west, and the border with Hungary in the north. Its proximity to the border, the free-way, and the river Tisa makes it an important location.
The town was mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum chronicle under the name Kenesna, and, according to the chronicle, it belonged to the duchy of Bulgarian duke Salan who ruled from Titel in the 9th century. In the first written documents after the Hungarian conquest of Central Europe, the town is mentioned as Cnesa or Kenesna. This name came from the Slavic word knez 'prince'. In 1335, it was mentioned as Villa Canysa.
In the first half of the 16th century, the town was administered by the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, until 1552 when it was administered by the Ottoman Empire (Sanjak of ÃÂanad).
From 1686 to 1918, the town was administered by the Habsburg monarchy. Initially, it was part of the Habsburg Military Frontier, but was placed under civil administration in 1751. In the beginning of Ottoman administration, the local Hungarian population left this area. During the Ottoman period and also during the first decades of Habsburg administration, the town was mainly populated by ethnic Serbs. Hungarian colonists from the northern counties of the Kingdom of Hungary started to settle here in 1753, and they became the dominant ethnic group in the town. Since 1918, the town has been part of Serbia and subsequent Yugoslav states of which Serbia was a part.
The municipality of Kanjià ¾a includes the town and 12 villages:
Note: For the inhabited places with Hungarian ethnic majority, the names are also given in italics in Hungarian.
According to the 2022 census results, the municipality of Kanjià ¾a had a population of 20,141.
Almost all of the settlements in the municipality have Hungarian majorities, except Velebit, which is predominantly Serbian.
The ethnic composition of the municipality:
The economy of Kanjià ¾a is dominated by the Potisje-Tondach roof tile factory. Other firms are FIM Kanjià ¾a, Keramika Kanjià ¾a, various paprika refining firms, and the "Banja Kanjià ¾a" spa health center.
The following table gives a preview of the total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):