Surčin
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Surčin Сурчин |
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| Suburban neighborhood and municipality | |||
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 Location of the municipality of Surčin within Serbia |
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| Coordinates: 44°48′N 20°17′E / 44.800°N 20.283°ECoordinates: 44°48′N 20°17′E / 44.800°N 20.283°E | |||
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 Serbia
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| City | Belgrade | ||
| Settlements | 7 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Vesna Šalović (SPS) | ||
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| • Municipality | 285 km2 (110 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2011 census) | |||
| • Town | 17,356 | ||
| • Municipality | 42,012 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 11271 | ||
| Area code | +381 11 | ||
| Car plates | BG | ||
| Website | www |
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Surčin (Serbian Cyrillic: Сурчин, pronounced [sǔrt͡ʃiːn]) is a suburban neighborhood and one of 17 city municipalities which constitute the city of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is the youngest municipality of Belgrade, as it split from the municipality of Zemun in 2003. The municipality has 42,012 inhabitants, while the urban area has 17,356 inhabitants. The most important feature is the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, located just a few kilometers west of the town.
Surčin is located in the eastern Syrmia region, 20 kilometers west of downtown Belgrade. It borders the municipalities of Zemun (north) and Novi Beograd (east). The western border of the municipality is the administrative border of the province of Vojvodina, while the Sava river forms the border to the municipalities of Čukarica (south-east) and Obrenovac (south).
The area of the municipality is flat and marshy as the entire southern section belongs to the floodplain of the Sava. Numerous smaller streams (mostly channeled) flow through the municipality, most notably the Galovica and Jarčina. Other distinct geographical features are the ponds of Fenek and Živača, a large woody area of Bojčin (Serbian: Bojčinska šuma) and Progarska ada, one of the largest islands in the Sava.
Surčin lies just south of the Belgrade–Zagreb highway, on the Belgrade beltway which is expected to allow heavy traffic from the Belgrade's urban core to move directly to the city's southern outskirts (for now, it is the only European capital with a highway going through it). The Syrmian section of the beltway (which separates from the highway at Dobanovci, then goes to Surčin–Jakovo–Ostružnica) is already built and operational. A local Belgrade freight railway runs parallel to the beltway.
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