Kanjiža

Although it belongs to the North Banat District, the territory of Kanjiža municipality is actually located in the region of Bačka. The territory of the municipality is bordered by the river Tisa and the Novi Kneževac 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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 Çanad).

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^[4] 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.^[5] Since 1918, the town has been part of Serbia and subsequent Yugoslav states of which Serbia was a part.

The municipality of Kanjiža includes the town and 12 villages:

• Adorjan (Adorján)
• Doline (Völgyes)
• Horgoš (Horgos)
• Male Pijace (Kispiac)
• Mali Pesak (Kishomok)
• Martonoš (Martonos)
• Novo Selo (Újfalu)
• Orom (Orom)
• Totovo Selo (Tóthfalu)
• Trešnjevac (Oromhegyes)
• Velebit
• Zimonić (Ilonafalu)

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 Kanjiža had a population of 20,141.

The economy of Kanjiža is dominated by the Potisje-Tondach roof tile factory. Other firms are FIM Kanjiža, Keramika Kanjiža, various paprika refining firms, and the "Banja Kanjiža" 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):^[8]

• Frank Arok, football player and former manager of the Socceroos
• Ferenc Barath (in Hungarian), graphic artist.
• Jozsef Beszedes (in Hungarian), Hungarian hydrotechnical engineer (19th century works).
• Zoltan Bicskei (in Hungarian), film director and graphic artist.
• Dragan Bošnjak, former Serbian football player
• Tibor Harsanyi (in Hungarian), Hungarian composer.
• Mika K. (Mirjana Kostic), Serbian singer and musician.
• Đorđe Krstić, Serbian realist painter.
• Josef Nadj (in French), choreographer, director and dancer.
• Dan Reisinger, Israeli designer of graphics, exhibitions, and stage sets.
• Otto Tolnai (in Hungarian), writer, poet, translator.

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  City Hall Kanjiža
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  St. Archangels Catholic Church
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  St. Archangel Michael Orthodox Church
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  Square and Fountain in Kanjiža
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  Train Station
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  Tisa River
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  Trail by Tisa River
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  Calvary Hill (Kalvaria)
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  Pasture (grassland) near Kanjiza
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  Pasture (grassland) near Kanjiza ("Captain Meadow")

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