Sunčani Breg () is an
urban neighborhood of
Belgrade
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, the capital of
Serbia
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. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of
Rakovica.
Location
Sunčani Breg is the sub-neighborhood of
Miljakovac, in its southern section, close to the quarry and the neighborhood of
Straževica and
Jelezovac, along the road of ''Kružni put''. To the north and north-east it extendts into the neighborhood of
Miljakovac III.
The neighborhood is situated on the southeast slopes of the
Straževica hill.
History
The Settlement developed in the mid 1990s.
In plans for the urbanization of this area, it is projected as the one neighborhood with Jelezovac, Sunčani Breg-Jelezovac. In 2015, Suncani Breg had a new road constructed in order to connect it to
Miljakovac with the City of
Belgrade
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financing it.
By 2024, the settlement had been connected to mainstream water and waste facilities for the first time as part of a decade of urban regeneration.
In 2018, Sunčani Breghad its first
basketball
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court installed. It was opened by players of the
Serbia national basketball team
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playing an exhibition against the Sunčani Breg residents, with the
Minister of Internal Affairs
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Milosav Milicković and the President of the
Olympic Committee of Serbia
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Božidar Maljković
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in attendance.
Characteristics
The name of the neighborhood is descriptive, meaning ''sunny hill'' in Serbian. In 2009 it had about 300 houses.
Population
Local community of Sunčani Breg, detached from the local community of Miljakovac, had a population of 3,018 in 2011.
References
External links
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Neighborhoods of Belgrade
Rakovica, Belgrade