Male Pčelice is an urban neighborhood of Kragujevac

Kragujevac

Kragujevac is the fourth largest city in Serbia, the main city of the Šumadija region and the administrative centre of Šumadija District. It is situated on the banks of the Lepenica River...

. It is located in Kragujevac’s municipality of Stanovo

Stanovo

Stanovo is one of the municipalities in the city of Kragujevac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, 39,252 residents live in the municipality, while part of the urban Kragujevac included in municipality has 32,965 residents...

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Location and Divisions

Male Pčelice (Novo Naselje and Staro Selo) is one of the most populous single neighborhoods of Kragujevac. In general, Male Pčelice is bordered by the Korićani and Drača

Drača

Drača is a village in the municipality of Stanovo, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 828 people....

 to the west, Veliko Polje

Veliko Polje

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to the south and Stanovo to the east.

History

Until 1990s, Male Pčelice was a suburb of Kragujevac, a separate, extremely fast growing town (population 1948: 683; 1953: 668; 1961: 720; 1971: 2,274; 1981: 5,006 ), so it was administratively annexed to the Kragujevac City proper, becoming local community within the city, connected Male Pčelice and the rest of Kragujevac into one continuous built-up area. In 2005 local community of Male Pčelice had a population of 6,333, which was 20% of the population in the urban section of the Stanovo municipality. Male Pčelice is mostly residential area.