Ledine, Serbia
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Ledine
Ледине | |
|---|---|
  Ledine Location within Belgrade | |
| Coordinates: 44°48′N 20°21′E / 44.800°N 20.350°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Region |  Belgrade |
| Municipality | New Belgrade |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.65 km2 (2.18 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +381(0)11 |
| Car plates | BG |
Ledine (Serbian: Ледине) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of New Belgrade.
Ledine is the westernmost settlement in the municipality, formerly developed as a sort of an informal settlement outside the projected area of the city of New Belgrade. Today it is urbanistically connected to the neighborhoods of Bežanija and Dr Ivan Ribar by the narrow urban strip along Vinogradska and Surčinska streets. The settlement itself is built between these two streets, both of which connect Belgrade and Surčin and along which a continuous built-up area of Belgrade-Ledine-Surčin is being formed.[1][2]
History
The settlement began to develop in 1961.[3] It was formed as a result of the resettlement of inhabitants from Jatagan Mala, a shanty town in old part of Belgrade, across the Sava river. Jatagan Mala was demolished in the process of city beautification due to the First Summit of the Non-Aligned countries.[4]
