“CROATS, SERBS OR SIMPLY KARAŠEVCI ? THREE ETHNIC/NATIONAL IDENTITIES WITHIN A SMALL COMMUNITY FROM ROMANIAN BANAT BEFORE AND AFTER 1990” Castilia Manea-Grgin

Map of Romania with the Karashevian region

Karashevian region in Romanian Banat

Karaševo (Caraşova)

Klokotič

SEVEN KARASHEVIAN VILLAGES 1992 population census - nationality - -Croats – 48.29% -Karaševci – 39.83% - Serbs – 2.53% 2002 population census - nationality - - Croats – 88.82% - Karaševci – 2.76% - Serbs – 0.27%

SEVEN KARASHEVIAN VILLAGES 2002 population census - nationality – -Croats – 88.82% (5581 persons) -Karaševci – 2.76% (174 persons) 2002 population census - mother tongue – -Croatian – 83.34% (5425 persons) - Karaševian % (236 persons)

CROATIAN MINORITY IN ROMANIA 1992 population census persons 2002 population census persons

President of the Republic of Croatia Stipe Mesić in Karaševo

President Mesić in Klokotič

Prime-minister Ivo Sanader in Karaševo

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