Sopot, Belgrade

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Sopot
Сопот
Municipality and Town
Panoramic view on Sopot
Panoramic view on Sopot
Coat of arms of Sopot
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Sopot within Serbia
Location of the municipality of Sopot within Serbia
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Country Serbia
District Belgrade
Settlements 17
Government
 • Mayor Živorad Milosavljević (Group of citizens)
Area[1]
 • Municipality 271 km2 (105 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)[2]
 • Town 1,887
 • Municipality 20,199
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 11450
Area code +381 11
Car plates BG
Website www.sopot.org.rs

Sopot (Serbian Cyrillic: Сопот, pronounced [sɔ̂pɔːt]) is a town and municipality in Serbia. It is part of the wider region of Belgrade, located south of Belgrade at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., 177.38 m above sea level. Its name is the old Slavic word for spring (source) which is today replaced in Serbian by the word 'извор'.

Sopot is near the mountain Kosmaj. The town has a large primary and economics high school, one of the largest in the Balkans. Sopot has a soccer team called the Wolves from Kosmaj. The town has a basketball club, also called the Wolves from Kosmaj, with about 90 kids. The basketball club has had success at a few tournaments in Europe.

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