Bečej

Bečej ( Serbian Cyrillic Бечеј, Hungarian Óbecse ) is a city and municipality in Serbia, in Bačka District Južna. The city has 25,774 inhabitants and the municipality of 40,987 ( 2002 census ). In the city center, the Serbian Orthodox Church is the Holy Great Martyr George

In Bečej the Great Backa Canal flows into the Tisza.

Twin Cities

• Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
• Csongrád, Hungary

Personalities

• Melinda Nadj Abonji ( b. 1968 ), Swiss writer, awarded the German Book Prize 2010
• Bosko Tomasevic (born 1970 ), Serbian poet, novelist, essayist and literary theorist
• Dejan Peric (born 1970 ), former Serbian handball player

Gallery

Serbian Orthodox Church St Great Martyr George