Jakovo

Jakovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Јаково) is an suburban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Surčin.

Location

Jakovo is located in the south-eastern part of Syrmia [cite book |author=Jovan Đ. Marković |date=1990 |title=Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije |publisher=Svjetlost |location=Sarajevo|isbn=8601026516|language=Serbo-Croatian] (sub-region of Podlužje), 24 kilometers south-west of downtown Belgrade and 6 kilometers south of the municipal seat of Surčin. The settlement is 4 kilometers away from the left bank of the Sava river.

Population

Jakovo is statistically classified as a rural settlement (village). cite book |author= |date=2003 |title=Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u 2002 - STANOVNIŠTVO nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost |publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku |location=Belgrade|isbn=86-84433-00-9|language=Serbian] As it grows, and it experiences a steady population growth for decades, it makes almost one continuous built-up area with the neighboring settlements of Surčin, Bečmen and Boljevci. Historical population of Jakovo: [cite book |author= |date=2004 |title=Uporedni pregled broja stanovnika 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 i 2002 - podaci po naseljima |publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku |location=Belgrade|isbn=86-84433-14-9|language=Serbian]

* 1921 - 1,911
* 1931 - 2,015
* 1948 - 2,096
* 1953 - 2,249
* 1961 - 2,624
* 1971 - 3,123
* 1981 - 4,619
* 1991 - 5,483 (de jure)
* 1991 - 5,423 (de facto)
* 2002 - 6,066 (de jure)
* 2002 - 5,949 (de facto)

Ethnic structure (2002 census)

Main ethnic groups in Jakovo include:

*Serbs = 5,665 (95.23%)
*Roma = 48 (0.80%)
*Yugoslavs = 40 (0.67%)

Characteristics

Jakovo is located in the western, finished section of the uncompleted Belgrade beltway and also on the Belgrade's internal freight railway Batajnica-Surčin-Ostružnica-Železnik-Resnik which in this section generally follows the route of the beltway.

One of the most famous Syrmian monasteries, "Fenek", is located just outside the settlement, on the road to Boljevci. A riding school is also situated on the main road leading from Jakovo.

Stremen

Stremen (Cyrillic: Стремен) is the only "salaš", secluded ranch-type farms quite common in Vojvodina and Hungary, on the territory of Belgrade. Citation | last = | first = | author-link = N.B.-N.M. | title = "Konjobusom" do salaša | newspaper = Politika | pages = 22 | language = Serbian | year = 2008 | date = 2008-06-19 | url = ] It is location of the traditional horse racing fair "Sremački preskok". Curiosity of the salaš is the German fiacre for transportation of 15 passengers, popularly called "konjobus" (horsebus). Stremen is 20 kilometers away from downtown Belgrade, but since 2008 it is also accessible via toursit boats which connect Novi Beograd's Block 45 and settlements in the municipality of Surčin through canals.

See also

*List of places in Serbia
*List of Belgrade neighbourhoods and suburbs
*Municipality of Surčin

References

External links

* [http://www.jakovo.info/ Site about Jakovo ]
* [http://jakovo.info/XMB_198_Final_SP2/files/index.php Jakovo Forum ]
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Jakovo.html Jakovo]