Ap Human Geography Project 1 World Culture

Project 1 World Cultures

Marko Jocic

The City of Belgrade

1. Geographical Elements

Belgrade is the capital City of Serbia, it’s located southeast of Europe and is one of the 29 regions in Serbia. It has a population of about 1.7 million and is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. Belgrade is the economic center of Serbia, over 21% of the population from Serbia lives in Belgrade and it covers 3% of the country’s territory. Belgrade had to rebuild many times during its history because of the long period of political and economic instability. In recent years Belgrade is becoming a popular destination among tourist mostly because of its outstanding natural features and culture heritage.

Belgrade lies at the point where the rivers Sava merges into the Danube on the slope of two alluvial plates. Since ancient times the river has been known as the guardian of river passages because the river waters surround it from three sides. It was called ‘’The Gate” of the Balkans and the door to central Europe because of its position. Belgrade metropolitan territory has 17 municipalities and each has its own council. Belgrade has an urban area of 360 square kilometers (140 sq mi) also it has a concentration of the population of about 538 inhabitants/km2. Belgrade geographically comprises three areas, Stari Grad (The Old Town), Novi Beograd (New Belgrade and Zemun which is on the banks of the Danube beyond New

However, its estimated that Belgrade has more than 2 million residences due to the large numbers of temporary residence and people who commute or study. The climate in Belgrade is a moderate continental one, with an average annual temperature of 11.7oC. Kosova is a southeasterly and easterly wind which brings clear and dry weather is a characteristic of Belgrade climate and usually apears in autumn and winter.

Belgrade is an important regional traffic pub its connected to key railway routes, the crossroads of European routes E70 and E75 and the crossroads of Pan-European Corridors 7 and 10 are located here. Belgrade and Serbia are in the CET (Central European Time) zone, as most of Europe (Excluding Britain, Portugal, Romania and Greece) – UTC+1.

Belgrade has a lot of woods in the city the best preserved are the woods of Kosmaj, Avala, Trešnja, Lipovica, Topčider, Obrenovački zabran and Bojčin. The Holy Trinity Church at 303.1 m is the highest point of inner-city area of Belgrade and is located Torlak (Voždovac). Ada Huja (river island) at 70.15 m is the lowest point.

2. Cultural