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During the NATO bombing of the former Yugoslavia, Rakovica was the only municipality in Belgrade to be targeted almost every night, and eventually every day. [6] The most heavy attacks were suffered by the Straževica hill (under which was the Yugoslavian underground base), as well as the Monastery forest, most probably because anti-aircraft weapons were located there. [7]
In September 2007 an official motion was started by the municipality of Voždovac to create this new municipality, which would also include Resnik from the municipality of Rakovica which would raise population to 52,332.
Rakovica is a village and a municipality in south-central Croatia, in the region of Kordun south of Karlovac and Slunj, and north of the Plitvice Lakes. Rakovica is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia .
Belgrade's downtown square Terazije had a separate municipality from 1952 to 1957 Borča had its own municipality from 1952 until 1955 when was annexed to Krnjača. In turn, Krnjača became part of the Palilula municipality in 1965 Surčin municipality, abolished in 1965, was recreated in 2003 as the youngest, 17th municipality of Belgrade
Some are completely located in another municipality (Selo Rakovica is located in the municipality of Voždovac, not in the municipality of Rakovica). Inhabitants of one neighbourhood, even though geographically belonging to one area, consider themselves inhabitants of another (Bežanija–Bežanijski Blokovi).
Rakovica is a Serbo-Croatian place name, meaning "crab". It may refer to: Rakovica, Belgrade, an urban neighborhood and a municipality of Belgrade, Serbia; Rakovica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a village near Ilidža, Bosnia; Rakovica, Croatia, near Plitvice, Croatia; Rakovica, Kranj in Slovenia
The creek got its name from the crayfish ("Crayfish creek"; Serbian: rak, rakovica) which used to live in the creek in the Middle Ages.In turn, the creek gave its name to the Belgrade's modern municipality of Rakovica, the neighborhoods of Rakovica (in the same municipality) and Selo Rakovica (in the municipality of Voždovac) and the monastery of Rakovica.
Jelezovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелезовац) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.It is located in the municipality of Rakovica.Though official city documents refer to the area as part of the Sunčani Breg-Jelezovac settlement, the neighborhood which developed in the western part of the Jelezovac area is known as Miljakovac III.