Barajevo
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Barajevo Барајево |
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| Suburban neighborhood and municipality | ||
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 Location of Barajevo within the city of Belgrade |
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 Location of the city of Belgrade within Serbia |
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| Coordinates: 44°35′N 20°25′E / 44.583°N 20.417°ECoordinates: 44°35′N 20°25′E / 44.583°N 20.417°E | ||
| Country |
 Serbia
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| City | Belgrade | |
| Settlements | 13 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Slobodan Adamović (SNS) | |
| Area | ||
| • Municipality | 213 km2 (82 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011 census) | ||
| • Municipality | 27,110 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 11460 | |
| Area code | +381(0)11 | |
| Car plates | BG | |
| Website | www |
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Barajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Барајево, pronounced [bǎrajɛv̞ɔ]) is a suburban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the city of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 27,110 inhabitants.
The urban settlement of Barajevo is still statistically classified as a rural (village). It is growing by even higher rate than the municipality as a whole (census 2002, 8,325 inhabitants). It is located east of the 'Parcanski vis' hill, northern part of the Kosmaj mountain, in the valley of the Beljanica river (or Barajevska reka; Cyrillic: Бељаница or Барајевска река), a tributary to the Turija river.
Many outer settlements and hamlets are built as Barajevo grows and stretches in all directions making one continuous built-up are with the neighboring settlements (Guncati, Baćevac, Lisović, Boždarevac, Guberevac in Sopot municipality): Bela Reka, Dražanovac, Dubrave, Gaj (a separate local community with a population of 1,930 in 2002), Glumčevo Brdo (a separate local community, split after the 2002 census), Karaula, Nenadovac, Pajšuma, Ravni Gaj, Srednji Kraj, Stara Lipovica, Suva Šuma, Trebež (the industrial zone), Vitkovica.
Municipality is located in the low part of Šumadija, southeast of the Belgrade, with an elevation spanning from 140 to 364 m. Most of the municipal territory belongs to the drainage area of the Turija river, right tributary of the Peštan river, which in turn flows into the Kolubara, thus whole area geographically gravitates to the Kolubara region.
The municipality of Barajevo covers an area of 213 km² and includes 13 settlements, all of which are statistically classified as rural, not urban:
It also includes various sub-settlements and hamlets spawning around the central settlements:
The municipality has a population of 27,110 inhabitants, according to the 2011 census results. Two major traffic routes, the Ibar Highway and the railway Belgrade-Bar (Montenegro), are passing through the municipal territory.
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