Gornji Tavankut

Gornji Tavankut is a village located in the Subotica municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbering 1,381 people (2002 census).

Name
In Serbian the village is known as Gornji Tavankut or Горњи Таванкут, in Croatian as Gornji Tavankut, in Bunjevac as Gornji Tavankut, and in Hungarian as Felsőtavankút.

1991 census

 * Bunjevci = 791
 * Croats = 359
 * Yugoslavs = 300
 * Serbs = 36
 * Hungarians = 17

2002 census

 * Croats = 546 (39.54%)
 * Bunjevci = 481 (34.83%)
 * Serbs = 100 (7.24%)
 * Yugoslavs = 94 (6.81%)
 * Hungarians = 44 (3.19%)

Historical population

 * 1961: 7,476
 * 1971: 6,729
 * 1981: 1,879
 * 1991: 1,526

Geography
The village consists of several relatively distinct areas ('kraj'), such as Skenderovo, Vuković kraj, Partizan, Rata.