Roma in Serbia |Roma in Serbia (1905)| |147,604 (2011 census)
450,000 to 500,000 Unofficial estimations Romani and the
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|Portal · Category · WikiProject| The first reference to the
Romani people in Serbia is found in a 1348 document, by which
Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia, Emperor of Serbs and Greeks
donated some "Gypsy" slaves to the Monastery of Prizren, in
Kosovo. There are 147,604 Roma in Serbia, but unofficial
estimates put the figure at between 450,000 and 500,000. The
first Romani people settled in the territory of present-day
Vojvodina during Ottoman rule in the 16th century. In Ottoman
times, they mostly lived in the towns and cities, but also in
the villages, usually in their separate quarters called "cigan-
mala". They were usually blacksmiths, manger makers or
musicians. Large numbers of Romanis settled in the area in the
17th and 18th century, when Austrian authorities issued several
proclamations regarding them (in 1761, 1767, and 1783).