Kovilovo

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Kovilovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ковилово) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.

[edit] Location

Kovilovo is located in the northern, Banat section of the municipality, 15 kilometer north of downtown Belgrade, on the crossroad of several streams and canals, most notably, the Vizelj. The settlement is located few kilometers to west of the Zrenjaninski put road which connects Belgrade with the town of Zrenjanin, also in Vojvodina. It is just south of Padinska Skela.

[edit] History and population

The settlement originates from the XIX century farm (salaš) of Kovilovo, inhabited by the Hungarian workers who built the embankment on the Danube's left bank. It was considered an outpost of the village of Borča and officially named Borča-Rit (Borča marsh).

Population is stagnating: 1,063 inhabitants according to 1991 census and 1,039 by the 2002 census, out of which 92,5% are Serbs.

[edit] Characteristics

In 2005 a modern BG Sport and Olympic Centre Kovilovo was open, including seven shooting ranges within the BG Shooting Range and hosted to 2005 ISSF European Championship.