Selo Rakovica () is an
urban neighborhood of
Belgrade
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, the capital of
Serbia
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. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of
Voždovac
Voždovac ( sr-Cyrl, Вождовац, ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has a population of 174,864 inhabitants.
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and should not be confused with the neighborhood of
Rakovica in the municipality of the same name.
Location
Selo Rakovica is located in the central part of the municipality, in the valley of the creeks of
Rakovički potok and ''Milošev potok'', some 10 kilometers south-east of downtown Belgrade. Once a small village distant from downtown, Selo Rakovica today grew into one continuous built-up area with the rest of the city, bordering the neighborhoods of
Jajinci on the north and
Pinosava on the south.
Characteristics
At the time, Selo Rakovica got the official prefix ''selo'' (Serbian for "village") to make a distinction from the much larger, industrial suburb of Rakovica. However, in the 1970s, Selo Rakovica was also annexed to the Belgrade City proper (''uža teritorija grada'') but the style ''Selo'' remained in an unofficial use. It is completely residential area with a population of 2,661 in 2002.
The settlement spreads from the central street, the Boulevard of Liberation, which starts in central Belgrade (the
Slavija square).. As the settlement was growing, it spread to the south reaching the major road in the southern outskirts of Belgrade, the ''Kružni put''. From that intersection, the Boulevard of Liberation is known as ''Avalski put'' (Avala road) and continues further to the south to the mountain of
Avala
Avala ( sr-cyr, Авала, ) is a List of mountains in Serbia, mountain in Serbia, overlooking Belgrade. It is situated in the south-eastern corner of the city and provides a great panoramic view of Belgrade, Vojvodina and Šumadija, as the sur ...
.
In May 2023, construction of an animal center began. The center will be part of the BIO 4 Campus, a new biomedical and higher learning facility in
Torlak
Torlakian, or Torlak, is a group of transitional South Slavic dialects spoken across southeastern Serbia, southern and eastern Kosovo, northwestern and northeastern North Macedonia, and northwestern Bulgaria. Torlakian, together with Bulgar ...
. It will host animals used both by the BIO 4 Campus and the Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera "Torlak". The complex in Selo Rakovica will also include a laboratory and a veterinary center.
References
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Neighborhoods of Belgrade