Velika Moštanica ( sr-cyr, Велика Моштаница) is a
suburban settlement of
Belgrade,
Serbia
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. It is located in the municipality of
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 seco ...
.
Location
Velika Moštanica is located 22 km south-west of Belgrade, between the Belgrade-
Obrenovac
Obrenovac ( sr-cyr, Обреновац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 71,419 inhabitants, while the urban area has 24,568 inhabitants.
The largest Serbian th ...
(5 km away) and ''Ibarska magistrala'' (4 km away)
freeway
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s. It is statistically classified as a rural settlement (village), and experiences a steady, constant growth of population:
* 1921 - 1,923
* 1971 - 2,413
* 1981 - 2,751
* 1991 - 3,084
* 2002 - 3,210
References
* Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): ''Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije''; Svjetlost-Sarajevo;
External links
Suburbs of Belgrade
Šumadija
Čukarica
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