Slanci
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Сланци
Slanci
Country
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Subdivision
Subdivisions of Serbia
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City of Belgrade
Belgrade
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, Palilula municipality
Location
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Population
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2002

1,770
Area code: +381(0)11
Postal code
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11215
License plates: BG


Slanci (Serbian
Serbian language
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 Cyrillic: Сланци) is 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
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. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.

Location

Slanci is located in the southern, Šumadija
Šumadija
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 section of the municipality, few kilometers east of the neighborhood of Višnjica
Višnjica
Višnjica is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.- Location :...

 on the road of Slanački put (Slanci road) which connects Belgrade with Veliko Selo
Veliko Selo
Veliko Selo is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.- Location :...

, the easternmost settlement in the municipality of Palilula.

The settlement is build on the southern slopes of the hill of Milićevo brdo (279 m), in the micro-valley of the short creek of Vrelski potok. A monastery of Slanci, dedicated to the Saint archdeacon
Archdeacon
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 Stefan, is located nearby. Name comes from the Serbian word for salty.

Population

Population of Slanci is stagnating: it had population of 1,736 according to the 1991 Census and 1,770 by the 2002 Census. Serbs make 98 % of the population.

Economy

The settlement is officially classified as a rural (village), as agriculture dominate its economy. In recent years, some industrial facilities (warehouses and concrete plants) are developing between Belgrade (Lešće
Lesce
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) and Slanci, along the Slanci road.
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