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Belgrade (/ b ɛ l ˈ ɡ r eɪ d / bel-GRAYD, / ˈ b ɛ l ɡ r eɪ d / BEL-grayd; [a] Serbian: Београд / Beograd, lit. 'White City', pronounced ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. [10]
Kaluđerica originated during the Ottoman rule of Serbia.A group of refugees who fled the Turks, settled at the bottom of the valley between two major roads. They cleared the thick woods around the creek and up to the 1950s, the settlement was predominantly agrarian, with most of the inhabitants working in agriculture and cattle breeding.
Three municipalities (Zemun, Novi Beograd, and Surčin) are on the northern bank of the Sava, in the Syrmia region, and the municipality of Palilula, spanning the Danube, is in both the Šumadija and Banat regions.
Belgrade has had many names through history, and in nearly all languages the name translates as "the white city" or similar. Serbian name Beograd is a compound of beo ("white, light") and grad ("town, city"), and etymologically corresponds to several other city names spread throughout the Slavdom: Belgorod, Białogard, Biograd etc.
Like in many other countries, municipalities (Serbian: општине, romanized: opštine) are the basic entities of local government in Serbia.The head of the municipality is the President of the municipality, while the executive power is held by the Municipal council, and legislative power by the Municipal assembly.
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Belgrade Waterfront (Serbian: Београд на води / Beograd na vodi, lit. ' Belgrade on the Water '), is an urban renewal development project headed by the Government of Serbia aimed at changing Belgrade's cityscape and economy by gentrifying the Sava amphitheater, between the Belgrade Fair and Branko's bridge, including the Savamala neihgbourhood.