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The municipality of Ada lies in the central part of the Eastern Bačka,
on the right bank of the river Tisa. It occupies 228.6 sq. km. out of
which the arable land covers some 200 sq. km. Apart from the town of
Ada the municipality (24,000 inhabitants) is made of the villages of
Mohol (Mol), Valkaisor (Sterijino), Torokfalu (Utrina) and Volgypart
(Obornjaca). The Petrina settlement can be considered as an ancestor of the
present town of Ada. Later on the name was changed to Sziget, which
means island in Hungarian, and on a map from 1723 the town is already
mentioned as Ada Hatta. In the XIXth century the economy of the town
developed; in 1836 the town of Ada was declared market town and was
granted its first coat of arms.
Famous people who were born in Ada are the philologist Gabor Szarvas and
Mátyás Rákosi, an ex-Prime Minister of Hungary.
Source: Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 26 November 2004
Ada is a word loned from Turkish meaning also
island. In Serbian (and Croatian for that matter) the loned word means specifically a river island (as opposed to an island in a sea).
Large rivers in Vojvodina form quite a number of
river islands, many of whom include the term ada in their name and
consequently there are some settlements retaining the name as well,
Ada being the largest.
Željko Heimer, 26 November 2004
Ada is a municipality in Vojvodina. The municipality includes five settlements (Serbian / Hungarian name):
The municipality has got 21,482 inhabitants, 78% of them being Hunga