Ubli ( cnr, Убли) is a settlement in

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. It is the historical seat of the Kuči clan. Ubli consists of a town centre and a few villages. The town centre includes a local chancellery, a cultural hall,

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, local pubs, elementary school "Đoko Prelević" (70 students), etc. During the 80's, in the center of Ubli worked bike-alums (wheels) factory, which was a part of

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. The villages which are part of Ubli are Pavićevići, Prelevići, Kostrovići, Živkovići and Rajovići. The most inhabited ones are Prelevići, Živkovići and Pavićevići. In the villages there exists two Orthodox churches and a local

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Demographics

According to 2003 census, Ubli had 355 residents, making it the most populated area in the highland region of Kuči.

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constitute the majority with 178 (52,19%), while

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number 147 (43,10%). 166 inhabitants are

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and 175 are

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. Today, Ubli had 80 households and 170 houses and buildings. In the 1948 census, Ubli had 616 inhabitants. At 1953, Ubli had 610 inhabitants, and in 1961 - 520. In the 1981 census, population of Ubli was 493, and at 1991, there was 339 inhabitants. According to the 2011 census, its population was 227.

Surrounding areas

Ubli borders to nine smaller villages: in the south,

Koći Koći ( cyrl, Коћи; sq, Kojë) is a village in the municipality of Tuzi, Montenegro, near the border with Albania. The village is inhabited by ethnic Albanians of the Roman Catholic faith. Geography Koći lies east of the capital Podgorica, ...

; west and southwest Bezjovo,

Cvilin Cvilin ( sr-cyrl, Цвилин) is a village in the municipalities of Foča, Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two entities of ...

and Orahovo; north Momče, and from the east, southeast and northeast are Ubalac, Zagreda, Kosor, Dučići and Liješta.

Medun Medun ( cnr, Медун) is a settlement located 13 km northeast of the capital Podgorica, Montenegro. The village houses the archaeological site of the ancient fortified city of ''Medeon''. It is situated in the tribal area of Upper Ku� ...

, a Roman town and birthplace of duke

Marko Miljanov Marko Miljanov Popović ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Миљанов Поповић, ; 25 April 1833 – 2 February 1901) was a Brda chieftain and Montenegrin general and writer. He entered the service of Danilo I, the first secular Prince of Monteneg ...

is situated four kilometres west of Ubli, while the distance to central Podgorica is 12 kilometres.

References

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