Dudovica

Dudovica (Serbian: Дудовица) is a small town in the Lazarevac municipality in the Belgrade District of Serbia. It was seat of a municipality abolished in the 1960s and added to the municipality of Lazarevac.

Dudovica Дудовица
Village
Entrance to Dudovica
Dudovica Location in Serbia
Coordinates: 44°17′51″N 20°15′50″E / 44.29750°N 20.26389°E / 44.29750; 20.26389
Country	Serbia
Region	Šumadija
District	Belgrade District
Municipality	Lazarevac
Area ^[1]
• Total	9.47 km^2 (3.66 sq mi)
Elevation	146 m (479 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	701
• Density	74/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Area code	011

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1948	854	—
1953	922	+1.54%
1961	923	+0.01%
1971	895	−0.31%
1981	818	−0.90%
1991	828	+0.12%
2002	777	−0.58%
2011	701	−1.14%

According to the 2011 census results, the village has 701 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition of the village (as of 2002 census):

• Serbs: 769 - 98,97%
• Yugoslavs: 4 - 0,51%
• Montenegrins: 3 - 0,38%
• Romanians: 1 - 0,12%
• Unknown: 0 - 0,0%

Economy

Dudovica is known as the breeding area of the mangalica pigs.^[2]

History

19 people from Dudovica were killed in the Jasenovac Camp in the World War II. All were ethnic Serbs.^[3]

References

1. "Насеља општине Лазаревац" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 April 2019.
2. Dimitrije Bukvić (14 April 2013). "Ruralni Beograd - dve trećine prestonice" (in Serbian). Politika.
3. . Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2008-11-03.

External links

 

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