Ciacova

Main	Births etc

Ciacova German: Tschakowa; Hungarian: Csák, before 1913: Csákova; Serbian: Чаково/Čakovo; Turkish: Çakova
Town
Roman-catholic church of Ciacova
Location of Ciacova in Timiș County
Country	Romania
County	Timiş
Town	Ciacova
First mentioned	1234
Subordinated villages	List Cebza Macedonia Obad Petroman
Government
• Mayor	Petru Filip (PD-L)
Area
• Total	252.76 km2 (97.59 sq mi)

Ciacova (German: Tschakowa; Hungarian: Csák, before 1913: Csákova; Serbian: Чаково/Čakovo; Turkish: Çakova) is a town in Timiș County, western Romania, in the Banat region. According to the 2011 census, it had 5,348 inhabitants.

Ciacova is located at 28 km (17 mi) from Timișoara and 30 km (19 mi) from the Serbian border. The town administers four villages: Cebza, Macedonia, Obad and Petroman.

Demographics

Census		Ethnicity
Year	Population	Romanians	Germans	Hungarians	Gypsies	Serbs	Slovaks	Other
1880	12,960	7,611	3,166	762	-	1,328	24	69
1900	15,562	8,529	4,009	1,586	-	1,212	35	191
1930	13,566	8,289	2,666	1,409	288	744	20	150
1977	9,952	7,111	1,047	987	392	355	2	58
1992	7,457	5,802	304	709	398	195	2	47
2002	7,285	5,850	191	613	426	151	3	51
2011	5,348	4,266	88	333	229	66	0	33

^{^}  Includes 26 Ukrainians. Data were unavailable for 333 inhabitants.

Natives

• Spiridon Jovanović, Serbian educator in Niš
• Dositej Obradović (1742–1811), Serbian author, philosopher, linguist, traveler, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia
• Emmerich Stoffel (1913–2008), Romanian communist politician of Swabian origin

References

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Ciacova

Ciacova in the Josephinian map of Banat, 1769-72