Ovča
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Ovča Овча |
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A street in Ovča
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 Ovča
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| Coordinates: 44°53′N 20°32′E / 44.883°N 20.533°ECoordinates: 44°53′N 20°32′E / 44.883°N 20.533°E | |
| Country | Serbia |
| District | Belgrade |
| Municipality | Palilula |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,742 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 11212 |
| Area code(s) | 011 |
| Vehicle registration | BG |
Ovča (Serbian Cyrillic: Овча, pronounced [ôːʋt͡ʃa]) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located to the northeast of the city, in the municipality of Palilula.
In Serbian the settlement is known as Ovča (Овча), in Romanian as Ofcea, in Hungarian as Ovcsa or Bárányos, and in German as Gisellenhain.
Ovča is located in the northern, Banat section of the Palilula municipality (Pančevački Rit), 13 kilometers north of downtown Belgrade. The settlement is located 6 kilometers to the east of the settlement of Padinska Skela and the Zrenjaninski put road connects Belgrade with the city of Zrenjanin, in Vojvodina.
First recorded mention of the village of Ovči is from 1456, as part of the Syrmia county of the Kingdom of Hungary. The name have a Slavic origin. As some of the first settlers were Vlach (Romanian) shepherds, it is believed that this gave name to the settlement (Serbian word ovčar means "shepherd" in English). The village was captured by the Ottoman Empire in 1537, and was included into the Sanjak of Smederevo. It was granted a waqf status by the sanjak-bey Mehmet-pasha, for the mosque and imaret (public kitchen) of Belgrade's Dorćol district.
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