Beljina ( sr-cyr, Бељина) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade,

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. It is located in the municipality of

Barajevo Barajevo ( sr-cyr, Барајево, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 27,110 inhabitants. The municipality is located in the lower northern part of Šumadija, ...

. Beljina is a small rural settlement with 775 inhabitants as of 2011, located on the northeastern tip of the

Kosmaj Kosmaj (Serbian Cyrillic: Космај, ) is a mountain south of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. With an elevation of 626 meters, it is the highest point of the entire Belgrade City area and is nicknamed one of two "Belgrade mountains" (the othe ...

mountain, 12 km south of the municipal seat of Barajevo. In 1956 the municipality of Beljina was created, comprising villages of Beljina,

Arnajevo Arnajevo ( sr-cyrl, Арнајево) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Barajevo Barajevo ( sr-cyr, Барајево, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the ...

Manić Manić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Манић) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Barajevo. Manić developed on the eastern slopes of the Kosmaj mountain. It is located in the southeastern tip of the Bara ...

and

Rožanci Rožanci () is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Barajevo. Rožanci is located in the southern part of the municipality. It is a small, depopulating rural settlement. With a population ...

, but already in 1957 the municipality was dissolved and annexed to the municipality of Barajevo. Old section of the village, known as , is placed under the state protection as the spatial cultural-historical unit.

Demographics

In 2011, the settlement contained 270 households with an average of 2.87 members. There were 228 families, with 87% of the population being adults and an average age of 46.2.

Wildlife

By the 21st century, number of migratory

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s in Serbia was reduced to some 20 nesting couples, where only few were recorded in Central Serbia and none in the central

Šumadija Šumadija (, sr-Cyrl, Шумадија) is a geographical region in the central part of Serbia. The area used to be heavily covered with forests, hence the name (from ''šuma'' 'forest'). The city of Kragujevac is the administrative center of th ...

region. The species was widespread by the mid-20th century, but was protected by the state in 1993. In order to try to repopulate the species, ornithologists placed bird houses on top of the trees in Beljina in 2015, but the attempt was unsuccessful. In 2017 the bird houses was moved to the village's

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s, and rollers began nesting again, starting in 2018, in slowly growing numbers each year.

References

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