Introducing township Kanjiža

Kanjža Municipality

Kanjiža is situated on the right bank of the Tisa river, in the most northern
partof Serbia. The municipality, bordering in the east with the Tisa and the municipality of Novi Kneževac
, in the south with Senta, in the west with Subotica and in the north with the Serbian-Hungarian state
border, has the surface of 399 square kilometers.

The present-day municipality of Kanjiža was formed on 1 January 1960, when
three previous municipalites were joined into one- Kanjiža, Horgoš and Martonoš.
t comprieses13 settlements:

Adorjan
Doline
Horgoš
Kanjiža
Male Pijace
Mali Pesak
Martonoš
Novo Selo
Orom
Totovo Selo
Trešnjevac
Velebit

.In the international traffic and transport of goods the region of Kanjiža plays an important role. As a state border municipality, it is one of the busiest export-import points that lead toards Central European countries. On the territory of the municipality there is both a road state crossing and a railway state crossing on the Serbian-Hungarian state border near Horgoš.

Kanjiža is a river municipality as well.

For nine conturies, being part of different countries, Kanjiža enjoyed the benefits of its position with a river crossing.

Transport of people and goods between north banat and north Bačka is conducted via this bridge. The possibility of river transport on the Tisa unfortunately remains unused.

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