Cerak

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Cerak (Serbian Cyrillic: Церак) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica.

[edit] Cerak

Cerak is the easternmost part of the Žarkovo neighborhood, located east of Žarkovo's central Trgovačka street and bordered by Žarkovo to the north, Košutnjak and Rakovica to the east, Cerak Vinogradi to the south and Bele Vode to the west.

The name of the neighborhood, Cerak, in Serbian means bitter oak forest and it had a population of 12,591 in 2002.

[edit] Cerak II

Neighborhood southeast of Cerak had been officially named Cerak II in 1985-1987. However this neighborhood, consisting of the urban area around the Vinogradski Venac and Cerski Venac streets, is a natural and architectural western extension of Cerak Vinogradi. Just like the rest of Cerak Vinogradi it is a residential area, bounded by Jablanička street (and Cerak) to the north, Ibarska magistrala freeway to the west and Vidikovac neighborhood in the municipality of Rakovica to the south.