Medaković

Medaković or colloquially Medak (Serbian Cyrillic: Медаковић, pronounced [mɛ̂dakɔvit͡ɕ]) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac, with the easternmost part of Medaković III being in the municipality of Zvezdara. It is located in the valley of the Mokroluški potok, south of the Belgrade-Niš highway and consists of three parts, Medaković I on the west, Medaković II in the center and Medaković III on the east, the latter two being divided by the Vojislava Ilića street. The combined population of the entire neighborhood was 23,691 by the 2002 census of population.

Medaković I

Medaković I (or colloquially Medak I) is the western and oldest section of the neighborhood. It is bounded by the streets Medakovićeva on the north, where it borders the neighborhood of Marinkova Bara), Zaplanjska on the west where it borders Dušanovac and Ignjata Joba on the south where it borders the neighborhood of Braće Jerković. On the east and northeast it extends into Medaković II. The combined population of Medaković I and Medaković II is 11,038 in 2002.

Medaković II

Medaković II (or colloquially Medak II) is the central section. It borders the neighborhoods of Medaković I (west), Marinkova Bara (north), Braće Jerković (south) and Medaković III (east). It is entirely residential area, with central part constructed of 11 half-sphered buildings, centered around the roundabout of the bus line 30.

Medaković III

Medaković III (or colloquially Medak III) is the eastern and newer section of the neighborhood, mostly finished in the 1980s, but the full completion (arrangement of the green areas, streets, etc.) has not been done. It consists of similar, orange-white buildings with inclined, alpine-look rooftops. Medaković III is bordered by the neighborhoods of Medaković II (west), Padina (south) and Marinkova Bara (north, along the highway). It had the population of 12,653 (including some 2,000 in Padina) in 2002.

Coordinates: 44°46′21″N 20°30′29″E / 44.77250°N 20.50806°E / 44.77250; 20.50806

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