Golubovci
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Golubovci
| native_name = Голубовци
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| settlement_type = Town
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| image_caption = Golubovci Airport, near town of Golubovci
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Montenegro}}
| subdivision_type1 = Municipality
| subdivision_name1 = Zeta
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| government_type = Mayor-Assembly
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Mihailo Asanović (DNP)
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| population_blank1_title = Urban municipality
| population_blank1 = 16,093
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| population_urban = 3,110
| population_rural = 12,983
| timezone = CET
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| coordinates = {{coord|42|20|4|N|19|13|31|E|display=inline}}
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| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 81304
| area_code = +382 20
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Golubovci ({{langx|cnr|Голубовци}}, {{IPA|sh|ɡǒluboʋtsi|pron}}) is a small town in the new Zeta Municipality of Montenegro. Until 2022, it was part of Podgorica Municipality. Golubovci is the seat of the new municipality.{{cite web | last=Obradović | first=Aleksandra | title=Zeta becomes municipality from today | website=CdM | date=23 August 2022 | url=https://www.cdm.me/english/zeta-becomes-municipality-from-today/ | access-date=6 March 2024}}
The town has 3,110 residents according to 2011 census,{{cite web|website=monstat.org
|url=http://www.monstat.org/userfiles/file/popis2011/podaci%20naselja/Tabela%20N1.xls|title=Population and Housing Census in Montenegro - ethnicity}} while the surrounding Zeta Municipality accounts for some 16,093 residents.{{cite web|url= http://monstat.org/userfiles/file/popis2011/saopstenje/knjiga_prvi%20rezultati(1).pdf |title=2011 Census Preliminary Results }}
Transport
Podgorica Airport is occasionally referred to as Golubovci Airport by locals, due to its proximity to the town.
Golubovci is located next to the M-2, Podgorica - Bar road (E65/E80), main Montenegrin road connection between the coast and northern part of the country. Part of this road went through the centre of Golubovci causing frequent traffic jams during the summer tourist season which led to construction of 4-lane dual carriageway, the Golubovci Bypass, in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://podgorica.me/2018/10/10/pokrenuta-akcij-uredenje-koridora-obilaznice-oko-naselja-golubovci/|title=Pokrenuta akcija uređenje koridora obilaznice oko naselja Golubovci|date=October 10, 2018|website=Glavni Grad Podgorica|access-date=October 12, 2019|archive-date=October 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012144234/http://podgorica.me/2018/10/10/pokrenuta-akcij-uredenje-koridora-obilaznice-oko-naselja-golubovci/|url-status=dead}}
Sports
The town is home to FK Zeta, one of the most successful Montenegrin football clubs in recent years. They play their home games at the Stadion Trešnjica. The town's basketball team is KK Zeta 2011.
Ethnic composition
=Town (2011) =
- Montenegrins - 1,920 (61.7%)
- Serbs - 844 (27,4%)
- No response - 265 (8.5%)
- Others 81 (2.6%)
- Total - 3,110
=Municipality (2011)=
- Montenegrins - 10,574 (65.15%)
- Serbs - 4,190 (25.81%)
- Others/unspecified - 1,467 (9.04%)
- Total - 16,093
Municipality
Town of Golubovci is the seat of the recently created Zeta Municipality (Montenegrin: Opština Zeta / Општина Зета). The town is located some 15 km south of the city of Podgorica, in the fertile Zeta Plain (Zetska ravnica).
=Gallery=
File:Golubovci Urban Municipality, Montenegro - panoramio (4).jpg|Skadar lake
File:Podgorica-Tuzi plantaze wineyard IMG 1319.JPG|Zeta plain
File:AerodromPodgorica.jpg|Golubovci Airport
File:Golubovci Urban Municipality, Montenegro - panoramio (9).jpg|Dodoši, Skadar lake
File:Žabljak Crnojevića - Golubovci - panoramio (1).jpg|Žabljak Crnojevića castle
File:Vranina view from Zabljak Crnojevica.jpg|Vranjina island
File:Belgrad-BarLineCrossingSkutariLake.jpg|Lesendro fortress
File:Lesendro causeway.jpg|Belgrade - Bar railway
References
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{{Zeta Municipality}}
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Category:Populated places in Zeta Municipality
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