Goveđi Brod (

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: Говеђи брод) is an urban neighborhood of

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, the capital of

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. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of

Zemun Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality in the city of Belgrade, Serbia. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown ...

Location

Goveđi Brod is the northwestern extension of urban Zemun proper, located on the right bank of the

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. It occupies roughly the area between the Danube and the road which connects Zemun and the outer suburb of

Batajnica Batajnica ( sr-Cyrl, Батајница, ) is an List of Belgrade neighborhoods, urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade municipality of Zemun. Location and geography Batajnica is located in the ...

(''Batajnički drum''). The only other urban neighborhood that it borders is Galenika, but it extends in the direction of

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(northwest) and Gornji Grad (south, through Galenika).

Characteristics

Goveđi Brod is almost entirely a non-residential area. Some major facilities in the neighborhood are the Mining Institute and the Veterinarian Institute. The neighborhood also includes a large area of storehouses, and two

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and

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processing plants, "DIA" and "Anicom", both on the Danube's bank.

Romani population

Goveđi Brod is known for being a former informal settlement of the

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. Known for having some of the worst living conditions in Belgrade area (total lack of running water, electricity, sewage, etc.), the settlement inhabited mostly by the Roma refugees from Kosovo and Metohija was set right in the Danube's river bed and was regularly flooded every spring with the rise of the water level of the river. Goveđi Brod was wiped out during the major

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.Minority Center Report
In February 2007 Roma families moved into the new houses built in the new neighborhood of Plavi Horizonti in Zemun.

References

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