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Borongaj is a neighborhood in the Peščenica – Žitnjak district of Zagreb, Croatia. It is situated south of the main railway along Branimir Avenue and east of Donje Svetice Road. It is the location of the former Borongaj Airfield.
For administrative purposes, Borongaj is part of the "Bruno Bušić" local council. Covering an area of 68.7 hectares (170 acres), it is populated by 4,394 inhabitants (census 2021). [1]
Trnje is a district in the City of Zagreb, Croatia. According to the 2011 census, the district had 42,282 residents. It is located in the central part of the city, south of Donji grad across the railway, east of Trešnjevka, west of Peščenica, and north of the river Sava. The Slavonska Avenue intersects Trnje.
Peščenica – Žitnjak is a city district in the southeastern part of Zagreb, Croatia. It consists of two parts: Peščenica, a set of neighborhoods; and Žitnjak, a large industrial zone on the city outskirts, and has a total population of 56,487.
Imotski is a small town on the northeastern side of the Biokovo massif in the Dalmatian Hinterland of southern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town has a generally mild Mediterranean climate which makes it a popular tourist destination.
Ante Bruno Bušić was a Croatian writer and critic of the government of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was one of the best-known victims of UDBA killings.
Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport or Zagreb Airport is an international airport serving Zagreb, Croatia. It is the busiest airport in Croatia handling about 4.31 million passengers and some 13,025 tons of cargo in 2024.
The Mirogoj City Cemetery, also known as Mirogoj Cemetery, is a cemetery park that is considered to be among the more noteworthy landmarks in the city of Zagreb. The cemetery inters members of all religious groups: Catholic, Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish, Protestant, Latter Day Saints; irreligious graves can all be found. In the arcades are the last resting places of many famous Croats.
Lučko is a settlement in the Novi Zagreb - zapad district of the city of Zagreb, located south of the Sava and southwest of the city center. Lučko is located near the Lučko interchange that connects the A1 motorway, the Zagreb bypass and the D1 and D3 state roads towards Karlovac, colloquially called "the old road to Karlovac". The two main economic activities in Lučko are trade in goods, mainly in the retail sector, and the rendering of commercial services.
Bruno Belin was a Croatian and Yugoslav footballer best remembered for his time with Partizan between the early 1950s and the early 1960s. He was also part of the Yugoslavia squad at the 1954 FIFA World Cup, where they reached the quarter-finals.
Ivan Babić was a Croatian soldier and lieutenant-colonel in the Croatian Home Guard and later an emigrant dissident writer against Communist Yugoslavia.
Bruno Knežević was a Croatian and Yugoslav footballer and sports official. He was president of the Croatian Football Federation (HNS), a sub-association of the Football Federation of Yugoslavia (FSJ), from 1968 to 1971.
The bombing of Zagreb in World War II was carried out by the Allies from 1944 until 1945. According to a 1950 census of war victims, a total of 327 people were killed by bombing.
Zvonko Bušić was a Croatian responsible for hijacking TWA Flight 355 in September 1976. He was subsequently convicted of air piracy and spent 32 years in prison in the United States before being released on parole and deported in July 2008.
The Zagreb tram network, run by the Zagrebački električni tramvaj (ZET), consists of 15 day and 4 night lines in Zagreb, Croatia. Trams operate on 116.3 kilometres (72.3 mi) of metre gauge route. During the day every line runs on average every 5–10 minutes, but almost every station serves at least two routes. Nighttime lines have exact timetables averaging at about every 40 minutes. The first horsecar tram line was opened in 1891, and the first electric tram ran in 1910. Zagreb's tram system transported 204 million passengers in 2008.
Cedevita d.o.o. is a Croatian company which produces a wide range of teas, instant drinks, and dietetic products. A notable owner of the company was the Croatian pharmaceutical company Pliva d.d. Since 2001 Cedevita has been part of the Atlantic Grupa.
The Croatian Parliament electoral districts are the special territorial subdivision of Croatia used for the country's parliamentary elections.
The 184th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment was an aviation regiment established in 1948 as the Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, then the 184th Light Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, before adopting its final name from 1952 until its disestablishment in 1966. It was equipped with a number of reconnaissance aircraft, from the Soviet-made Polikarpov Po-2 to the North American F-86D Sabre.
Donji Vinjani or Vinjani Donji is a village near Imotski, Croatia; population 2,169.
Bruno Petković is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for HNL club Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatia national team.
The Zagreb Glavni kolodvor–Dugo Selo railway, officially designated the M102 railway, is a 22.202-kilometre (13.796 mi) railway line in Croatia that connects the Croatian capital city Zagreb with the Dugo Selo. It is part of the Pan-European Corridor V, branch b, which runs from Rijeka to Budapest and the Pan-European Corridor X. The line is fully electrified and double-tracked. The M102 railway connects to several other railway lines within the Zagreb railway node linking the capital to other parts of Croatia and neighbouring countries. Besides Zagreb Glavni kolodvor and Dugo Selo, the west and east termini of the railway, the line serves six other railway stations. One of them is Zagreb Borongaj, where the L203 railway connects as a branch line. The line is used for passenger and freight traffic.
Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb is a public-owned faculty among 31 faculties and 3 art academies that together form one of the oldest public universities in Southeast Europe, the University of Zagreb.
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