Sava Kovačević (Zemun)

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Sava Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Ковачевић) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun.

[edit] Location

The neighborhood of Sava Kovačević is located in the central part of the urban Zemun. It is bounded by streets of Ugrinovačka (north), Novogradska (east), Prvomajska (south) and Šilerova (west). It borders the neighborhoods of Gornji Grad on the north, Sutjeska on the west and Kalvarija on the south.

[edit] Characteristics

Sava Kovačević is a residential neighborhood, with a population of 12,374 by the 2002 census of population. A heating plant is located in the neighborhood.

It was named after the very popular Yugoslav Partisan World War II war hero Sava Kovačević (1905-43). Interestingly, back-to-back neighborhoods of Blok Sutjeska and Blok Sava Kovačević also exist in another Belgrade's neighborhood of Krnjača, in the municipality of Palilula.