Botinec is a neighborhood located in
Novi Zagreb - zapad
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city district of
Zagreb
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It is famous for having its streets named after famous characters from Croatian theater plays and novels. It was founded in 1965 as a refugee camp after the
1964 flood, owing its rectangular street grid to the era of building Novi Zagreb (called Južni Zagreb – Southern Zagreb at the time).
It was away from the city and away from
Sava River
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, with
barracks
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meant to serve as a camp only for up to six years, but the houses were eventually bought by the tenants and upgraded. Nonetheless, Botinec remains a neighborhood bearing the scar of the flood.
Botinec is divided in two parts: Old Botinec and New Botinec.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, its population was only 4.
According to the
2001 census, Botinec had 4,906 inhabitants.
References
{{Subdivisions of the City of Zagreb
Neighbourhoods of Zagreb
Populated places in the City of Zagreb
Novi Zagreb