and the surrounding villages. In the past, the not so distant, Bački Monoštor had a so-called Danube port for barge and small boats. With the arrival of modern times, regulation of the Danube river channel and construction of defensive embankments for flood protection, the village was temporarily paralyzed the flow of the Danube, so called. Here is located one of the branches of the Danube, called Dunavac, which is now somewhat farther away from the village. The program of revitalizing the Special Nature Reserve "Gornje Podunavlje" will provide training and a series of Shaft of the Danube for navigation of boats and ships, both in the economic, as well as the purpose of development of rural tourism and tourism in general. See also List of places in Serbia List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina References Sources Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996. External links www.soinfo.org www.backimonostor.rs History of Bački Monoštor Populated places in Vojvodina Places in Bačka Sombor West Bačka District Croatian communities