Đeram

Stari Đeram or colloquially Đeram (Serbian Cyrillic: Стари Ђерам) is an open green market and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zvezdara.

Location

Đeram is located along Bulevar kralja Aleksandra, centered around the open green market of the same name, in the eastern section of Zvezdara municipality, 2 kilometers south-east of downtown Belgrade (Terazije). It borders the neighborhood of Crveni Krst on the south, Lipov Lad on the south-east, Lion on the east, Bulbuder and Slavujev Venac on the north and Vukov Spomenik on the west.

History & administration

When Belgrade was divided into municipalities in 1952, a municipality of Stari Đeram (Old Đeram) was created. On January 1, 1957, municipality was abolished and merged with Zvezdara. Neighborhood is today organized as a local community (sub-municipal administrative unit) of Smederevski Đeram (Smederevo Đeram).

Characteristics

Neighborhood was named after a water well located there (đeram means cattle-drawn water well). The main feature of the neighborhood is one of Belgrade's largest open green markets, Đeram pijaca which is going to be renovated in 2008 and become first covered green market of that size in Belgrade. Apart from that, the neighborhood is mainly residential with strong commercial section along the boulevard, one of the main shopping areas in Belgrade. Population of the neighborhood was 2,465 by the 2002 census.