Бели Поток Beli Potok
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Area code:	011
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License plates:	BG

Beli Potok (Serbian

Serbian language

Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

 Cyrillic: Бели Поток) is a small town and a suburban settlement of Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

, the capital of Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac

Voždovac

Voždovac is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.- Location :...

.

Location

Beli Potok is located in on the northern slope of the Avala

Avala

Avala is a mountain in Serbia, overlooking Belgrade. It is situated in the south-eastern corner of the city and provides a great panoramic view to Belgrade, Vojvodina and Šumadija, as the surrounding area on all sides is mostly a lowlands...

 mountain, near the crossroads ot the roads of Avalski put, which connects Belgrade with the Avala, and Kružni put, tha major road connecting the settlements on the southern outskirts of Belgrade. To the south, Beli Potok extends in the direction of the small town of Pinosava

Pinosava

Pinosava is a small town and a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac.- Location :...

, to the east in the direction of Bubanj Potok

Bubanj Potok

Bubanj Potok is a non-residential suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac.-Location:...

 and to the north it makes one continuous built-up area with the urban neighborhood of Selo Rakovica

Selo Rakovica

Selo Rakovica is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac and should not be confused with the neighborhood of Rakovica in the municipality of the same name.-Location:Selo Rakovica is located in the central part of the...

, but Beli Potok is administratively classified as a separate settlement and not part of the Belgrade City proper (uža teritorija grada).

Population

Beli Potok is statistically classified as an urban settlement (town). The population has been steadily declining from 1970s to 1990s, but with the large influx of refugees from the Yugoslav Wars

Yugoslav wars

The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...

 after 1991, the population began to grow again. Population of Beli Potok according to the official censuses of population:

• 1921 - 1,171
• 1971 - 3,237
• 1981 - 3,150
• 1991 - 2,997
• 2002 - 3,417

Characteristics

Beli Potok is the birthplace of Vasa Čarapić

Vasa Čarapić

Vasa Čarapić, known as the Dragon from Avala was a Serbian voivode that participated in the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian Revolution against the Ottoman Empire....

 (1770-1806), one of the main army leaders from the First Serbian Uprising

First Serbian Uprising

The First Serbian Uprising was the first stage of the Serbian Revolution , the successful wars of independence that lasted for 9 years and approximately 9 months , during which Serbia perceived itself as an independent state for the first time after more than three centuries of Ottoman rule and...

, and the main street in the town bears his name. In the field west of Beli Potok is the institute for the development of water resources Jaroslav Černi. Some of the other well known features in the town are the famed motel Hiljadu ruža and kafana

Kafana

Kafana , kafeana , kavana are terms used in the former Yugoslav countries for a distinct type of local bistro which primarily serves alcoholic beverages and coffee , and which sometimes also has a live band.The concept of a social gathering place for men to drink...

 Kumbara. Railway also passes through the town, going through the tunnel constructed under the north-western corner of the settlement. The name, beli potok, is descriptive, meaning "white creek" in Serbian.

Future

In September 2007 an official motion was started by the municipality of Voždovac

Voždovac

Voždovac is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.- Location :...

 to create new sub-Avalan municipality (Avalski Venac

Avalski Venac

Avalski Venac is a proposed municipality of the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.- Movement :Movement for creation of the municipality began in 1996 and was enhanced since 2002 and successful campaigning for the re-creation of the municipality of Surčin, which split from the municipality of...

), which would include the settlements of Ripanj

Ripanj

Ripanj is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac...

, Beli Potok, Pinosava and Zuce

Zuce

Zuce is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac.- Location and geography :...

 from Voždovac, Vrčin

Vrcin

Vrčin is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Grocka.- Geography :...

 from the municipality of Grocka

Grocka

Grocka is a suburban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.- Location :...

 and Resnik from the municipality of Rakovica

Rakovica, Belgrade

Rakovica is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.- Location :...

. In October 2007 municipal assembly began construction of the building in central Beli Potok which would serve as an outer representation of the assembly and the future municipal seat if new municipality is to be created.