Taurunum
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Zemun Земун |
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 Location of Zemun within the city of Belgrade |
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 Location of the city of Belgrade within Serbia |
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| Coordinates: 44°51′N 20°24′E / 44.850°N 20.400°ECoordinates: 44°51′N 20°24′E / 44.850°N 20.400°E | |||
| Country |
 Serbia
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| City | Belgrade | ||
| Settlements | 4 | ||
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| • Mayor | Dejan Matić (SNS) | ||
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| • Municipality | 153.56 km2 (59.29 sq mi) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Municipality | 168,170 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 11080 | ||
| Area code | +381(0)11 | ||
| Car plates | BG | ||
| Website | www |
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Zemun (Serbian Cyrillic: Земун, pronounced [zěmuːn]) is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 city municipalities that constitute the city of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The historical town of Zemun, it was separated from Belgrade until 1934. The development of New Belgrade in the late 20th century affected the expansion of continuous urban area of Belgrade.
According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Zemun has a population of 168,170 inhabitants.
In ancient times, the Celtic and Roman settlement was known as Taurunum. The Frankish chroniclers of the Crusades mentioned it as Mallevila, a toponym from the 9th century. This was also a period when the Slavic name Zemln was recorded for the first time. Believed to be derived from the word zemlja, meaning earth, it was a basis for all other future names of the city: modern Serbian Земун (Cyrillic) or Zemun (Latin), Hungarian Zimony and German Semlin.
The area of Zemun has been inhabited ever since the Neolithic period. Baden culture graves and ceramics like bowls and anthropomorphic urns were found in the town.Bosut culture graves were found in nearby Asfaltna Baza. The first Celtic settlements in Taurunum area originate from the 3rd century BC when the Scordisci occupied several Thracian and Dacian areas of the Danube. The Romans came in the 1st century BC, Taurunum became part of the Roman province of Pannonia around 15 AD. It had a fortress and served as a harbour for the Pannonian (Roman) fleet of Singidunum (Belgrade). The pen of Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) was said to be found in Taurunum. After the Great Migrations the area was under the authority of various peoples and states, including the Byzantine Empire, the Kingdom of the Gepids and the Bulgarian Empire. The town was conquered by the Kingdom of Hungary in the 12th century and in the 15th century it was given as a personal possession to the Serbian despot Đurađ Branković. After the nearby Serbian Despotate fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1459, Zemun became an important military outpost. In 1521, the forces of Kingdom of Hungary, 500 šajkaši crew (led by Croat Marko Skoblić) consisted of Croats and Serbs fought against invading Ottoman army of Suleyman the Magnificent in 1521. Despite hard resistance, Zemun fell on July 12 and Belgrade soon afterwards. In 1541, Zemun was integrated into the Syrmia sanjak of the Budin pashaluk.
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