Golubovci ( cnr, Голубовци, ) is a small

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the

Podgorica Municipality Podgorica Capital City ( Montenegrin: Glavni grad Podgorica / Главни град Подгорица) is one of the territorial subdivisions of Montenegro. The seat of municipality is the city of Podgorica. Podgorica municipality covers 10.4% o ...

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. It has 3,110 residents according to 2011 census, while the ''

Golubovci City Municipality Golubovci ( cnr, Голубовци, ) is a small town in the Podgorica Municipality of Montenegro. It has 3,110 residents according to 2011 census, while the '' Golubovci City Municipality'' accounts for some 16,093 residents. Transport Somet ...

'' accounts for some 16,093 residents.

Transport

Sometimes

Podgorica Airport Podgorica Airport ( cnr, Аеродром Подгорица, Aerodrom Podgorica, ) is an international airport serving the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica and the surrounding region. It is one of two international airports in Montenegro, the ...

is referred as to Golubovci Airport by locals, the airport being just 5 km away from the town. Golubovci is located next to the M-2, Podgorica -

Bar Bar or BAR may refer to: Food and drink * Bar (establishment), selling alcoholic beverages * Candy bar * Chocolate bar Science and technology * Bar (river morphology), a deposit of sediment * Bar (tropical cyclone), a layer of cloud * Bar (u ...

road ( E65/ E80), main Montenegrin road connection between the coast and northern part of the country. Part of this road went through the centre of Golubovci causing frequent traffic jams during the summer tourist season which led to construction of 4-lane

dual carriageway A dual carriageway ( BE) or divided highway ( AE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are ...

, the Golubovci Bypass, in 2018.

Sports

The town is home to

FK Zeta FK Zeta is a football club from Golubovci, a suburb of Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. It plays in the Montenegrin Second League. The club was the inaugural champion of the Montenegrin First League in 2006–07 season. History Period 19 ...

, one of the most successful Montenegrin football clubs in recent years. They play their home games at the

Stadion Trešnjica Trešnjica Stadium is a football stadium in Golubovci (Zeta Plain), Podgorica, Montenegro. It is used for football matches and is the home ground of FK Zeta. History The football stadium at Trešnica location, at Golubovci, was built in 1996, f ...

. The town's basketball team is

KK Zeta 2011 KK Zeta 2011 is a professional basketball club from Podgorica, Montenegro. The team currently competes in First Erste League. In the season 2012/13, Zeta 2011 won the championship title of Prva B Liga The Prva B Liga, also known as Second Monten ...

Ethnic composition

Town (2011)

Montenegrins Montenegrins ( cnr, Црногорци, Crnogorci, or ; lit. "Black Mountain People") are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common Montenegrin culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Genetics Accordin ...

- 1,920 (61.7%) *

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

- 844 (27,4%) *No response - 265(8.5%) *Others 81 (2.6%) *Total - 3,110

Municipality (2011)

*Montenegrins - 10,574 (65.15%) *Serbs - 4,190 (25.81%) *Others/unspecified - 1,467 (9.04%) *Total - 16,093

City Municipality

Town of Golubovci is the seat of the

( Montenegrin: ''Gradska opština Golubovci'' / Градска општина Голубовци), a subdivision of the Podgorica Capital City. The town is located some 15 km south of the city of

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...

, in the fertile

Zeta Plain The Zeta Plain ( cnr, Зетска равница, Zetska ravnica, ) is a fertile lowland in Montenegro. It stretches from Podgorica in the north to the Skadar Lake in the south. It is the biggest plains area in Montenegro, with an average elevati ...

(Zetska ravnica).

Gallery

File:Golubovci Urban Municipality, Montenegro - panoramio (4).jpg,

Skadar lake Lake Skadar ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Скадарско језеро, Skadarsko jezero, ; sq, Liqeni i Shkodrës, ) also called Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodër and Lake Shkodra lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern ...

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Zeta plain The Zeta Plain ( cnr, Зетска равница, Zetska ravnica, ) is a fertile lowland in Montenegro. It stretches from Podgorica in the north to the Skadar Lake in the south. It is the biggest plains area in Montenegro, with an average elevati ...

File:AerodromPodgorica.jpg,

Golubovci Airport Podgorica Airport ( cnr, Аеродром Подгорица, Aerodrom Podgorica, ) is an international airport serving the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica and the surrounding region. It is one of two international airports in Montenegro, th ...

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File:Žabljak Crnojevića - Golubovci - panoramio (1).jpg,

Žabljak Crnojevića Žabljak Crnojevića ( sr-cyrl, Жабљак Црнојевића, ), commonly referred to as Žabljak, is an abandoned medieval fortified town (fortress) in Montenegro. The fortress is located on the confluence of the Morača river in Lake Skada ...

castle File:Vranina view from Zabljak Crnojevica.jpg,

Vranjina Vranjina ( cnr, Врањина) is a settlement, island, and a hill in Lake Skadar, in the Montenegrin municipality of Podgorica. Until the first half of the 18th century, Vranjina like other islands of Skadar lake, was one of the hills in the Ze ...

island File:Belgrad-BarLineCrossingSkutariLake.jpg,

Lesendro Lesendro ( cnr, Лесендро) is an island and a fortress in Skadar Lake in Montenegro. It is located near the small town of Vranjina. The fort was built in the 18th century. It is located on a peninsula, which until the construction of the B ...

fortress File:Lesendro causeway.jpg,

Belgrade - Bar railway Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 mill ...

References

Populated places in Podgorica Municipality {{Montenegro-geo-stub