Velika Moštanica ( sr-cyr, Велика Моштаница) is a
suburban settlement
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of
Belgrade
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Serbia
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. It is located in the municipality of
Čukarica
Čukarica ( sr-cyr, Чукарица, ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality of the city of Belgrade, Serbia.
Name
Like several other neighborhoods of Belgrade, Čukarica was named after a kafana. At the present location of the Sugar Refin ...
.
Location
Velika Moštanica is located 22 km south-west of Belgrade, between the Belgrade-
Obrenovac
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(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
Characteristics
The village has a church dedicated to the
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built in 1858. Within the
churchyard
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is a Veteran's cemetery, where fallen in the
Serbian–Ottoman Wars (1876–1878)
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, 1885
Serbo-Bulgarian War
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and both
Balkan
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and
World wars
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are buried. The church and the cemetery are declared a cultural monument. Since 2017, an annual theatre festival "Moki Theatre" is held, dedicated to author
Svetolik Ranković (1863–1899), who was born in Velika Moštanica.
The village has a kindergarten, local healthcare center, elementary school "Branko Radičević" and ethno-house "Milovuk". Nearby is the Đorićeva pond. Agriculture mostly includes orchards and cultivation of vegetables.
[ There are preserved green corridors along the Moštanički and Stojkovački creeks.][
]
Sources
* Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): ''Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije''; Svjetlost-Sarajevo;
References
External links
Suburbs of Belgrade
Šumadija
Čukarica
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