Kumodraž

Kumodraž (Serbian Cyrillic: Кумодраж, pronounced [kûmɔdraːʒ]) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac.

Location

Kumodraž is located in the central-eastern part of the municipality, in the lower section of the Kumodraž field (Kumodraško polje), within the valley of Kumodraški potok creek. Eastern and southern borders of the neighborhood are marked by a series of hills: Torlak, Golo Brdo, Stražarska Kosa, and the Kumodraž area is a source of many other creeks apart from the one that gave its name to the neighborhood: Rakovički potok (flows through the neighborhoods of Selo Rakovica and Rakovica), Lipica (Jajinci), Zavojnička reka (a tributary to the Bolečica river), Bubanj potok (flows through Bubanj Potok, also a tributary to the Bolečica), Kamena voda, etc. To the north, Kumodraž is bordered by the neighborhood of Voždovac, to the north-west by Veliki Mokri Lug and to the east by Jajinci.

Population

Population of Kumodraž by the official censuses of population:

1921 - 1,321

1971 - 8,547

2002 - 13,004 (Kumodraž, 5,405; Kumodraž I, 3,631; Kumodraž II 3,968)

2011 - 13,343 (Kumodraž, 6,064; Kumodraž I, 3,852; Kumodraž II 3,427)

Characteristics

A Roman aqueduct was used to convey water from the Kumodraž Hill. At some point, it joined the aqueduct from Mokri Lug Hill, and then continued further to the Singidunum castrum. Both Mokri Lug and Kumodraž are hills, so the natural inclination allowed for the water to flow downhill to Singidunum.

During the pre-World War I period, Kumodraž had its municipality, which stretched north to the eastern outskirts of Belgrade, comprising outer city suburbs, today neighborhoods, like Dušanovac.

Kumodraž used to be a small, agricultural village far from downtown Belgrade, but after the 1960s, the population boosted as was the case in almost all of Belgrade's suburbs at the time.