The municipality of Kovin

The municipality of Kovin is the southmost part of Banat and covers 730 km2.The south boundary of the municipality is the Danube River in the length of 46 km, while its northern territories represent a part of the Deliliblato Sands, which spreads over 34,829.32 hectares. 53% of the Deliblato Sands are in the Kovin municipality. Its population amounts to 33,722 persons of various ethnic backgrounds. The municipality consists of 10 setllements: Kovin, Bavanište, Gaj, Dubovac, Deliblato, Mramorak, Skorenovac, Plo?ica, Malo Bavanište and Šumarak. Kovin is the administrative, cultural, political and economic center of the municipality and it has 13,499 inhabitants. Agriculture provides a high potential for municipal economic growth due to 42.5 thousand hectares of high quality arable land. The municipality also has coal, gravel and peat deposits.