Dunavac
Dunavac
Дунавац (Serbian) | |
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Coordinates: 45°04′01″N 20°22′59″E / 45.067°N 20.383°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Vojvodina |
District | South Banat District |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 603 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Dunavac (Serbian Cyrillic: Дунавац) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula. The word literally means "Little Danube"
Location
[edit]Dunavac is located in the northern, Banat section of the municipality, 31 kilometer north of downtown Belgrade and 5 kilometer from the small town of Opovo, a municipal seat in the South Banat District in Vojvodina. The settlement is located on the Zrenjaninski put road, which connects Belgrade with the town of Zrenjanin, also in Vojvodina.
Population
[edit]The settlement originated after 1947 when mass melioration works began in the marsh of Pančevački Rit, in the extreme northern part of which Dunavac is located. It is a small, slightly depopulating settlement with a population of 618 by the 1991 census and 603 by the 2002 census. Population is made mostly of Serbs (91.87% in 2002).
Characteristics
[edit]Name dunavac originates from the small stream on which the settlement was built, less than 1 kilometer from the Danube's left bank and means the small Danube, which is a common name for arms of the Danube in Slavic countries.
Dunavac administratively comprises the settlement of Besni Fok which is totally separated from it and 9 kilometers away from it. As both settlements are small, they don't make one continuous built-up area.