Senta

Senta Zenta Сента
Town and municipality
Senta, City Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Senta within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°56′N 20°05′E / 45.933°N 20.083°E / 45.933; 20.083Coordinates: 45°56′N 20°05′E / 45.933°N 20.083°E / 45.933; 20.083
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	North Banat
Government
• Mayor	Rudolf Ceglédi (VMSZ)
Area
• Senta	293.0 km2 (113.12 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Senta	18,704
• Metro	23,316
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	24400
Area code(s)	+381(0)24
Car plates	SA
Website	www.zenta-senta.co.rs

Senta (Serbian Cyrillic: Сента (pronounced [sɛ̌ːnta]); Hungarian: Zenta (pronounced [ˈzɛntɒ]); Romanian: Zenta) is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the bank of the Tisa river in the geographical region of Bačka. The town has a population of 18,704, whilst the Senta municipality has 23,316 inhabitants (2011 census).

Archaeological finds indicate that the area around the modern settlement was populated from the prehistoric times. Neolithic and eneolithic societies settled in the vicinity of modern Senta thousands of years ago leaving credible traces of their presence. A Neolithic Tiszapolgár–Bodrogkeresztúr culture necropolis was found in Senta. The first historic population that might have lived in the area were most likely the Agathyrsi (6th century BC). With certainty we can claim that the inhabitants of the early "Senta" in the 6th century AD were Sarmatians, Slavs alike and Avars. Hungarian people invaded the area during the great breakthrough of the Magyars in the 9th century AD.