Vrbas (town)
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| Area code|| +381 21
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| Subdivisions|| 7 settlements in the municipality
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| Time zone|| UTC+1
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| Website|| www.vrbas.net
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|} Vrbas (Serbian: Врбас or Vrbas, Rusyn: Вербас, Hungarian: Verbász, Croatian: Vrbas, German: Werbass) is a city located in Serbia at , in the South Bačka District in the province of Vojvodina. In 2002 the city had a total population of 25,887, while the municipality had 45,839.
NameIts name stems from the word "Willow" in the Serbian language. During the SFRY period, the town was renamed Titov Vrbas (meaning "the Vrbas of Tito"), after Josip Broz Tito. Like all other towns in Socialist Yugoslavia named after Tito, the first part was dropped once the new states were formed during the early 1990's. Inhabited placesVrbas municipality includes the city of Vrbas and the following villages:
Ethnic groups (2002 census)The population of the Vrbas municipality:
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