Vrbovski (

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: Врбовски) is a

suburban settlement A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

, the capital of

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. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.

Location

Vrbovski, the sub-settlement of

Padinska Skela Padinska Skela ( sr-Cyrl, Падинска Скела), or colloquially Padinjak (), is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula. Location Padinska Skela is located in the ...

, is located in the northern,

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section of the municipality (

Pančevački Rit Pančevački Rit ( sr-cyr, Панчевачки рит) is a small geographical area in south-western Banat, Serbia. It is situated between the rivers Danube and Tamiš, in Belgrade's municipality of Palilula. Features Its wetland was cons ...

), 33 kilometers north of downtown Belgrade. The settlement is located on the ''Kišvara'' canal, 8 kilometers west of the settlement of

Besni Fok Besni Fok ( Serbian Cyrillic: ''Бесни Фок'') is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula. Name Name comes from the Serbian word ''besni'' which means ''rabid'' ...

and the ''Zrenjaninski put'' road which connects Belgrade with the town of

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, in

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, and 3 kilometers away from the left bank of the

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History

The settlement was established after

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as a part of the massive melioration in Pančevački Rit. It was named after Viktor Verbovsky, the commander of the company of

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n pilots which were fighting in the area at the time of liberating Belgrade from the Germans in the last stages of World War II, and all of them were killed by the

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forces.

Pollution

The settlement is located next to the large cattle farming facility, and surrounded by the vast agricultural area. As a result, for years the canals which surround Vrbovski were polluted and clogged with waste water containing

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. Experimental treatment began in July 2021, using extracts of the sea brown algae ''Ascophyllum nodosum''. It was already used to partially clean the Kalovita canal, to the south, in 2017, for water treatment in

Sremska Mitrovica Sremska Mitrovica (; sr-Cyrl, Сремска Митровица, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city in Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Sava, Sava river. , the city has a total population of 36,764 inhabitants, while its adminis ...

Kovin Kovin (, ) is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 11,623, while the municipality has 28,141 inhabitants (2022 census). Other names In Rom ...

and

Bela Crkva Bela Crkva ( sr-cyrl, Бела Црква, ; ; ; ) is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 7,456, while the Bela Crkva municipality has 14,451 ...

, but also for extinguishing fires at Vinča landfill in 2017, and in

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(

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). The experiment will last for at least month and a half, and the bad smell disappeared already after two days.

References

Suburbs of Belgrade Populated places in Serbian Banat Palilula, Belgrade {{BelgradeRS-geo-stub