Žarkovo

Žarkovo , in Serb Cyrillic Жарково, is a district of Belgrade, the capital of the Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Čukarica. In 2002, it counted: 58682 inhabitants.

Localization and subidivisions

The district of Žarkovo, in its greater extension, is one of the most populated districts of Belgrade. This is why it was divided into several under-districts which constitute the prolongation of it: Julino Brdo and Repište in north, Cerak - Cerak II in the west, Roof-bar Vode and Rupčine in the south.

Žarkovo is surrounded by the districts of Čukarica, Banovo Brdo and Sunčana Padina in north, Košutnjak (with Filmski Grad) in the east, Skojevsko Naselje and Cerak Vinogradi in the North-East, Makiš in the west. By the urbanized band which skirts the railway Voie Belgrade-Bar and the street Vodovodska , it forms a continuity with the district of Železnik in south-west.

History

Vestiges dating from the time of the culture of Vinča were put at the day in the sector of Cerak Vinogradi.

The first mention of a locality of the name of Žarkovo goes back to the 17th century. At that time, Žarkovo was the center of a municipality and was more important than the village of Čukarica. Until in the years 1970, the current district formed a locality with whole share whose population increased quickly (: 8636 inhabitants in 1961: 28761 in 1971). It became then a " community locale" within the town of Belgrade. In 1981, the district of Žarkovo counted: 43721 inhabitants, is 40% of the total population of the municipality of Čukarica. For this reason, it was divided into smaller districts. In 2002, the population of Žarkovo in her greater extension counted: 58682 inhabitants.

Žarkovo Selo

Žarkovo Selo, in Serb Cyrillic ЖарковоСело, " the village of Žarkovo" , the oldest part of the current district of Žarkovo constitutes. With its narrow streets, its low houses and its courses, it presents a habitat very different from the remainder of the district.

Economy

Essentially, Žarkovo is a residential zone. Nevertheless, the Western part of the district, along the street Milorada Jovanovića , is industrialized, just as the limit with the districts of Makiš and Bele Vode: a goods station and a Marshalling yard are on the railway way Belgrade-Bar; it is most important of Belgrade; one finds there also the principal installations of water supply of the capital. The aeronautical technical Institute is located in the district.

The main street of Žarkovo, the street Trgovačka , is extremely commercial; it is located in the prolongation of the street Požeška which constitutes the true shopping mall of the district of Banovo Brdo. This street Trgovačka , is prolonged in the Ibarska magistrala (the highway of the Ibar) which is the main roads of the west of Serbia.

References

Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija , 3rd edition (1985); Prosveta; ISBN 86-07-00001-2
Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije ; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6

External bonds

Seen satellite of Žarkovo
Žarkovo

Internal bonds

Districts and suburbs of Belgrade
District of Belgrade

Random links: