Betonovo () is a settlement in the hills west of Sodražica in southern

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. Its relative remoteness has led to a decline in population with only six permanent residents remaining in 2002. The area is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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Geography

Betonovo is a clustered village on a small level hilltop. The soil is shallow, and there are sinkholes in the area. Podjazbina Cave lies east of the village. Betonovo is largely surrounded by forest, which extends to neighboring

Kračali Kračali () is a settlement in the hills west of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. It is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. Traditionally the area around Sodražica was part of Lower Carniola. Together with the villages of Bet ...

. Together with the villages of Kračali,

Janeži Janeži () is a small settlement in the hills west of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. Together with the villages of ...

Petrinci Petrinci () is a settlement in the hills west of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. Together with the villages of Beton ...

, and

Kržeti Kržeti () is a village in the hills southwest of Sodražica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The entire Municipality of Sodražica is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. Toget ...

, it comprises the community and Parish of

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, also known as Gora.

Unmarked grave

Betonovo is the site of an

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from the Second World War. The Betonovo Grave () is located south of the road west of neighboring

. The grave contained the remains of a

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pilot, and it was probably exhumed during road construction.

References

External links

Betonovo on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Sodražica {{Sodražica-geo-stub