- Beli Potok
Beli Potok (Serbian
Cyrillic : Бели Поток) is a small town and a suburban settlement ofBelgrade , the capital ofSerbia . It is located in Belgrade's municipality ofVoždovac .Location
Beli Potok is located in on the northern slope of the
Avala mountain, near the crossroads ot the roads of "Avalski put", which connects Belgrade with the Avala, and "Kružni put", tha major road connecting the settlements on the southern outskirts of Belgrade. To the south, Beli Potok extends in the direction of the small town ofPinosava , to the east in the direction ofBubanj Potok and to the north it makes one continuous built-up area with the urban neighborhood ofSelo Rakovica , but Beli Potok is administratively classified as a separate settlement and not part of the Belgrade City proper ("uža teritorija grada").Population
Beli Potok is statistically classified as an urban settlement (town). The population has been steadily declining from 1970s to 1990s, but with the large influx of refugees from the
Yugoslav Wars after 1991, the population began to grow again. Population of Beli Potok according to the official censuses of population:* 1921 - 1,171
* 1971 - 3,237
* 1981 - 3,150
* 1991 - 2,997
* 2002 - 3,417Characteristics
Beli Potok is the birthplace of
Vasa Čarapić (1770-1806), one of the main army leaders from theFirst Serbian Uprising , and the main street in the town bears his name. In the field west of Beli Potok is the institute for the development of water resources "Jaroslav Černi". Some of the other well known features in the town are the famed motel "Hiljadu ruža" andkafana "Kumbara". Railway also passes through the town, going through the tunnel constructed under the north-western corner of the settlement. The name, "beli potok", is descriptive, meaning "white creek" in Serbian.Future
In September 2007 an official motion was started by the municipality of
Voždovac to create new sub-Avalan municipality (Avalski Venac ), which would include the settlements ofRipanj , Beli Potok, Pinosava andZuce from Voždovac,Vrčin from the municipality ofGrocka andResnik from the municipality of Rakovica. In October 2007 municipal assembly began construction of the building in central Beli Potok which would serve as an outer representation of the assembly and the future municipal seat if new municipality is to be created. [Politika , Oct 20, 2007, p.27] [Večernje Novosti , Oct 23, 2007, p.17]References
* "Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija", Third edition (1985); Prosveta; ISBN 86-07-00001-2
* Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): "Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije"; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6
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