Rakovica, Belgrade

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Раковица
Rakovica
Coat of arms of Rakovica
Location in Belgrade, Serbia
Location of Rakovica in Belgrade
Location of Belgrade in Serbia
General Information
Status Urban
Municipality area 31 km²
Population
(2002 census)
97,752
Settlements 1
Area code +381 11
Postal code 11090
Car plates BG
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
CEST (UTC+2)
Website n/a
Politics
Municipality president Bojan Milić (DS)

Rakovica (Cyr: Раковица) is one of Belgrade's 17 municipalities. The Municipality of Rakovica covers an area of 30.36 square kilometres and has a population of 97,752.

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[edit] History

Rakovica was mentioned for the first time in the Ottoman 1560 population census as a village called Vlaha. Tradition has it that the place got its name after - crayfish, the inhabitants of the brook that streamed through the settlement. Up to 1952, Rakovica had been a part of various urban regions and, and from 1952 to 1960, it was a separate municipality. Since 1960, it had been within the Municipality of Čukarica, and became an autonomous municipality again in 1974.

[edit] Municipality day

The Day of the Municipality is October 14, the patron day of the Shroud of the Most Holy Virgin.

[edit] Suburbs

[edit] See also


Municipalities and cities of Serbia