Telečka (region)
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Telečka Телечка Bácsgyulafalva |
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The Saint Mary Catholic Church.
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 Telečka
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| Coordinates: 45°48′N 19°23′E / 45.800°N 19.383°E | |
| Country |
 Serbia
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| Province |
 Vojvodina
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| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 2,084 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Telečka (Serbian Cyrillic: Телечка, Hungarian: Bácsgyulafalva) is a village in Serbia. It is in the Sombor municipality, in the West Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population is 2,084 people (2002 census). It is surrounded by a sandy region, also referred to as Telečka, or Telečka sands.
Settlement was built in 1883-1884 by Hungarian colonists. First census was conducted in 1890 and it recorded population of 2,479 inhabitants. Before the First World War this village was part of Bács-Bodrog County (Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary). Since 1918, it is part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed to Yugoslavia). Today, the village has a Hungarian ethnic majority with more than 70% of the population.
Coordinates: 45°48′N 19°23′E / 45.800°N 19.383°E
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