Aleksandrovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Александрово) is a neighborhood ofSubotica,Serbia.
It is most commonly known asAleksandrovo (Александрово) orŠandor (Шандор), but it is also known asNovo Naselje (Ново Насеље).[citation needed]
The Serbian name is Александрово (Cyrillic) orAleksandrovo (Latin).Croats and Bunjevci call this part of SuboticaŠandor, and the inhabitant of Šandor is calledŠandorčanin.
In Hungarian, this part of Subotica is calledSándor.
In German sources this village was calledSchandor.[1]
There are traces of older settlements at this location dating fromBronze Age, time of theSarmatians andMiddle Ages. Aleksandrovo was founded in the 18th century or more exactly in 1786 bySerbs from Subotica.[2] In 1804, Aleksandrovo was officially proclaimed a village. In this time, most of its inhabitants were Serbs, while someCroats (from the group ofBunjevci) lived there as well.[3] Aleksandrovo was a separate municipality for one century until it was joined to Subotica (in 1904).[2] TheSerbian Orthodox church of St Dimitrije was built in Aleksandrovo in 1818.[4]
Aleksandrovo is home of several big companies, including Bratstvo (steel manufacturing), Subotička Mlekara (milk products), Fidelinka (grain and bread) and 29. Novembar (meat production).
There is awrestling club named "Aleksandrovo" in the neighborhood.[5]
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