Kovilj
Kovilj is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Kovilj has about 5,150 residents.Photo: Luftburger, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 5,150 residents
- Description: village in the Novi Sad municipality
- Also known as: “Alsókabol”, “Alsókovil”, “Dolnji Kovilj”, “Donji Kovilj”, “Felső-Kovil”, “Felsőkabol”, “Gornji-Kovil”, “Gornji-Kovilj”, “Ober-Kovil”, and “Unter-Kovil”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kovilj Monastery and Koviljsko-Petrovaradinski Rit.
Kovilj Monastery
Photo: Фото, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kovilj Monastery is a 13th-century Serb Orthodox monastery in the Bačka region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. According to the legend, the monastery was founded by the first Serb archbishop, Saint Sava, in the 13th century.
Koviljsko-Petrovaradinski Rit
Nature reserve
Photo: Sich, Public domain.
Koviljsko-Petrovaradinski Rit is a nature reserve, which is situated 4 km south of Kovilj.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Budisava and Sremski Karlovci.
Budisava
Village
Photo: Pavlica, Public domain.
Budisava is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Budisava is situated 7 km north of Kovilj.
Sremski Karlovci
Sremski Karlovci is in Syrmia, Vojvodina. The town is located next to the Danube river, 12 km south of regional capital Novi Sad.
Šajkaš
Village
Photo: Luftburger, Public domain.
Šajkaš is a village located in the Titel municipality, South Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. As of the 2022 census, it has a population of 4,004 inhabitants. Šajkaš is situated 8 km northeast of Kovilj.
Kovilj
- Categories: human settlement, cadastral municipality of Serbia, and locality
- Location: Novi Sad, South Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
45.22464° or 45° 13′ 29″ northLongitude
20.02137° or 20° 1′ 17″ eastPopulation
5,150Elevation
78 metres (256 feet)United Nations Location Code
RS KVJOpen location code
8GQ262FC+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 358524971OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Kovilj” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kovilj”
- Chechen: “Ковиль (Серби)”
- Chechen: “Ковиль”
- Czech: “Kovilj”
- Dutch: “Kovilj”
- Esperanto: “Kovilj”
- French: “Kovilj”
- German: “Kovilj”
- Greek: “Κόβιλι”
- Hungarian: “Kabol”
- Irish: “Kovilj”
- Italian: “Kovilj”
- Japanese: “コヴィリ”
- Malay: “Kovilj”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kovilj”
- Persian: “کوویی”
- Polish: “Kovilj”
- Russian: “Ковиль”
- Serbian: “Kabol”
- Serbian: “Kovilj”
- Serbian: “Горњи Ковиљ”
- Serbian: “Доњи Ковиљ”
- Serbian: “Ковиљ”
- Serbian: “Нови Ковиљ”
- Serbian: “Стари Ковиљ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kovilj”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ковиљ”
- Slovenian: “Kabol”
- Slovenian: “Kovilj”
- Spanish: “Kovilj”
- Swedish: “Kovilj”
- Tatar: “Ковиль (Сербия)”
- Tatar: “Ковиль”
- Ukrainian: “Ковиль”
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