Sopot is a residential neighbourhood of

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Sl ...

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. It is part of the

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district and it has a population of 7,428 (2011). Sopot was one of the earliest parts of

Novi Zagreb Novi Zagreb () is the part of the City of Zagreb located south of the Sava river. Novi Zagreb forms a distinct whole because it is separated from the northern part of the city both by the river and by the levees around Sava. At the same time, it i ...

to be built. It consists almost entirely of

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s and blocks of

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, surrounded by

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trees and poplars. The Zagreb tram route for Lines 7 and 14 runs along its northern edge, on Avenue Dubrovnik, and Line 6 has its turning point there.

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Neighbourhoods of Zagreb Novi Zagreb {{ZagrebCity-geo-stub