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Barajevo ( sr-cyr, Барајево, ) is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of the city of
Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...
. 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 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 the ...
, southeast of the Belgrade, with an elevation spanning from 140 meters to 364 meters. Most of the municipal territory belongs to the drainage area of the Turija river, right tributary of the
Peštan Peštan ( sr, Пештан) is a river of Serbia and right tributary of the Kolubara river near Vreoci. Its length is . It belongs to the Black Sea basin. Geography The river originates on the northern slopes of the Bukulja mountain. It was ...
river, which in turn flows into the
Kolubara The Kolubara ( sr-cyr, Колубара, ) is a long river in western Serbia; it is an eastern, right tributary to the Sava river. General overview Kolubara is formed by the two small rivers Obnica and Jablanica. ''Obnica'' is the river in W ...
, thus whole area geographically gravitates to the Kolubara region. The cultural festival, "Barlet" (Barajevo summer) is held annually in Barajevo.


History

Barajevo got the status of municipality in 1956 and immediately became administratively part of the wider Belgrade area. In 1957, a nearby municipality of
Beljina Beljina ( sr-cyr, Бељина) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Barajevo. Beljina is a small rural settlement with 775 inhabitants as of 2011, located on the northeastern tip of the Kosmaj mou ...
was annexed to Barajevo, and in 1960
Umka Umka ( sr-cyrl, Умка) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Čukarica. Location Umka is located south-west of Belgrade, on the right bank of the Sava river, close to river's . It is a crossroad ...
municipality has been divided between
Čukarica Čukarica ( sr-cyr, Чукарица, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. Name Like several other neighborhoods of Belgrade, Čukarica was named after kafana. At the present location of the Sugar Refinery, there was a kafana in the secon ...
and Barajevo (villages of
Meljak Meljak ( sr-cyr, Мељак) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Barajevo. It is located northeast of the municipal seat of Barajevo. It is a rural settlement and thanks to its location on the Ibars ...
and
Vranić Vranić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Вранић) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Barajevo. Vranić is the westernmost settlement in the municipality, located east of the '' Ibarska magistrala'', ...
). The settlement of Barajevo is still statistically classified as a rural settlement. Its population is growing by even higher rate than the municipality as a whole. It is located east of the 'Parcanski vis' hill, northern part of the Kosmaj mountain, in the valley of the Beljanica river (or Barajevska reka; Cyrillic: Бељаница or Барајевска река), a tributary to the Turija river. Many outer settlements and hamlets are built as Barajevo grows and stretches in all directions making one continuous built-up are with the neighboring settlements (Guncati, Baćevac, Lisović, Boždarevac,
Guberevac Guberevac ( sr-cyrl, Губеревац) is a village in the municipality of Sopot, Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in South ...
in Sopot municipality): Bela Reka, Dražanovac, Dubrave, Gaj (a separate local community with a population of 1,930 in 2002), Glumčevo Brdo (a separate local community, split after the 2002 census), Karaula, Nenadovac, Pajšuma, Ravni Gaj, Srednji Kraj, Stara Lipovica, Suva Šuma, Trebež (the industrial zone), Vitkovica.


Settlements

The municipality of Barajevo covers an area of 213 km² and includes 13 settlements, all of which are statistically classified as rural and not urban, including the settlement of Barajevo: It also includes various sub-settlements and
hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...
spawning around the central settlements:


Demographics

According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Barajevo has a population of 27,110 inhabitants.


Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition of the municipality:


Economy

The economy of the municipality is not much developed. Being an agricultural area, Barajevo has a mill, large orchard farm, a veterinarian station and the hunting & forestry company of
Lipovička šuma Lipovica Forest ( sr, Липовичка шума, Lipovička šuma, ), or only Lipovica ( sr-cyr, Липовица), is a forest in the outer, metropolitan area of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Sremcica. Location Lipovička šuma is loca ...
. Wheat, barley, oats and corn are being grown. Industry is based on the small construction and electronic companies and the
ball bearing A ball bearing is a type of rolling-element bearing that uses balls to maintain the separation between the bearing races. The purpose of a ball bearing is to reduce rotational friction and support radial and axial loads. It achieves this ...
factory. Two major traffic routes, the
Ibar Highway State Road 22, commonly known as Ibar Highway ( sr, Ибарска магистрала, Ibarska magistrala), is an IB-class road, connecting Belgrade with Šumadija and Western Serbia and finally with Montenegro at Špiljani border crossing. It ...
and the railway Belgrade-Bar (Montenegro), are passing through the municipal territory. The settlement itself was further away, but as it grew, it reached the railway. There are two game hunting grounds in the municipality: "Lipovička Šuma", which extends into the municipality of Čukarica, and "Barajevska Reka". One of only three officially designated
campsites A campsite, also known as a campground or camping pitch, is a place used for overnight stay in an outdoor area. In British English, a ''campsite'' is an area, usually divided into a number of pitches, where people can camp overnight using ten ...
in Belgrade by 2018 is located in the municipality, in the village of
Baćevac Baćevac () is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Barajevo. Its population in 2011 was 1,942. Baćevac is located west of the municipal center of Barajevo, four kilometers east of the major road in w ...
. It is situated within the complex of the ethno-household "Zornić's House". The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):


Duboki Potok lake

The artificial lake "Duboki Potok" (''Дубоки поток''; Deep brook) is located near Barajevo, with the large weekend-settlement, and is colloquially called the "Barajevo Sea". The lake is some south of downtown Belgrade and northeast from downtown Barajevo. It was created in the early 1990s when the brook of the same name was dammed, so as one of his tributaries. The lake is long, wide, has an area of and an average depth of . One side of the lake is surrounded by the thick forest and other by the meadows. On the forested side, the lake is deepest, up to . There are several water wells around the lake, remnants from the period when the dam was constructed. Even though the water is health safe, it warms up to during summer, and there is a long pebble beach on the left shore, bathing in the lake is officially banned, though visitors do swim regularly. Shores are not urbanized, but there are ''
kafana Kafana is a distinct type of local bistro (or tavern), common in former Yugoslav countries and Albania, which primarily serves alcoholic beverages and coffee, and often also light snacks (''meze'') and other food. Many kafanas feature live music ...
'', '' splav'' and a kayaking club on the shore. The club has rich collection of artistic paintings and sculptures donated by the artists from Serbia. One of the exhibits is the
kayak A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic word ''qajaq'' (). The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each se ...
which was used by
Matija Ljubek Matija Ljubek (; 22 November 1953 – 11 October 2000) was a Croatian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1970s and 1980s and later became a sports official. Born in Belišće, Osijek-Baranja, Ljubek competed in four Summer Olympics where he w ...
and
Mirko Nišović Mirko Nišović (; born July 2, 1961) is a Serbian retired sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Los Angeles in 1984 with a gold in the C-2 500 ...
when they won a gold medal at the
1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...
in
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. Sports fishing is developed as the lake is populated with a variety of fish:
common bream The common bream, freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream, carp bream or sweaty bream (''Abramis brama''), is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is now considered to be the only species in the genus ''Abramis''. ...
, common roach,
Prussian carp The Prussian carp, silver Prussian carp or Gibel carp (''Carassius gibelio''), is a member of the family Cyprinidae, which includes many other fish, such as the common carp, goldfish, and the smaller minnows. It is a medium-sized cyprinid, and d ...
,
common rudd The common rudd (''Scardinius erythrophthalmus'') is a bentho-pelagic freshwater fish, widely spread in Europe and middle Asia, around the basins of the North, Baltic, Black, Caspian and Aral seas. Identification Morphologically, this species ...
,
common carp The Eurasian carp or European carp (''Cyprinus carpio''), widely known as the common carp, is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia.Fishbase''Cyprinus carpio'' Linnaeus, 1758/ref>Arkive The ...
,
zander The zander (''Sander lucioperca''), sander or pikeperch, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Percidae, which includes the perches, ruffes and darters. It is found in freshwater and brackish habitats in western Eurasia. It is a popul ...
,
northern pike The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus '' Esox'' (the pikes). They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). They are known simply as a ...
,
wels catfish The wels catfish ( or ; ''Silurus glanis''), also called sheatfish or just wels, is a large species of catfish native to wide areas of central, southern, and eastern Europe, in the basins of the Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas. It has been introd ...
and
grass carp The grass carp (''Ctenopharyngodon idella'') is a species of large herbivorous freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to the Pacific Far East, with a native range stretching from northern Vietnam to the Amur River on the Sino-Russian ...
. The water is apparently very clean, as the lake is also inhabited by
crayfish Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the clade Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. In some locations, they are also known as crawfish, craydids, crawdaddies, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, rock lobsters, mu ...
and
freshwater bivalve Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater mollusc, along with freshwater snails. They are bivalves that live in fresh water as opposed to salt water, which is the main habitat type for bivalves. The majority of species of bivalve molluscs l ...
s. There is an underwater spring in the lake. As the ''splav'' was located at the starting point of the dam's
spillway A spillway is a structure used to provide the controlled release of water downstream from a dam or levee, typically into the riverbed of the dammed river itself. In the United Kingdom, they may be known as overflow channels. Spillways ensure tha ...
, there was a danger it might block it, so it was removed from the water in the late 2010s. Municipality made planes to arrange several sports fields around the lake, including volleyball and
five-a-side football Five-a-side football is a version of minifootball, in which each team fields five players (four outfield players and a goalkeeper). Other differences from football include a smaller pitch, smaller goals, and a reduced game duration. Matches are ...
.


Politics

Recent presidents of the municipality: * 2000 – 9 February 2001; Zoran Jevtić (1947) * 9 February 2001 – 1 November 2001; Miodrag Skoknić (1931) (acting) * 1 November 2001 – 20 February 2003; Dragoljub Stanić (1947) (acting) * 20 February 2003 – 12 February 2007; Rade Stevanović (1956) * 12 February 2007 – 21 February 2007; Branislav Đurić (1957) (acting) * 21 February 2007 – 1 May 2007; Rade Stevanović (second time) * 1 May 2007 – 25 June 2007; Igor Jevtić (1975) (acting) * 25 June 2007 – 16 September 2015; Branka Savić (1956) * 16 September 2015 – 3 December 2015; Velibor Novićević (1977) * 3 December 2015 – 15 June 2016; Saša Kostić * 15 June 2016 – present; Slobodan Adamović (1967) ( SNS)


Trivia

First mention of the name ''Barajevo'' is from the 16th century. The popular story that the settlement got its name from the multitude of springs in this area erbian: ''bara je ovo'' (this is a pond)is probably not true. Also, the reality TV show The Farm is captured in the village of
Lisović Lisović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Лисовић) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Barajevo. This village became known because the reality TV show The Farm is filmed here. Lisović is the easternmost ...
.


See also

*
Subdivisions of Belgrade Serbia's capital city of Belgrade is divided into 17 municipalities. Most of the municipalities are situated on the southern side of the Danube and Sava rivers, in the Šumadija region. Three municipalities (Zemun, Novi Beograd, and Surčin) are ...
*
List of Belgrade neighborhoods and suburbs Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia, is divided into seventeen municipalities, of which ten are urban and seven suburban. In this list, each neighbourhood or suburb is categorised by the municipality in which it is situated. Six of these ten urb ...


References


Sources

* ''Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija'', Third edition (1985); Prosveta; * Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): ''Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije''; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; * ''Srpska porodična enciklopedija'', Vol. II (2006); Narodna knjiga and Politika NM;


External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of Belgrade Suburbs of Belgrade