road runs only through one municipality (Čukarica), Bulevar kralja Aleksandra connects four of them: Stari Grad, Vračar, Palilula and Zvezdara. Neighborhoods The municipality of Čukarica covers an area of and it is divided in the urban and suburban part. The urban part of the municipality is completely within the Belgrade City proper, comprising many neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods, some of which used to be separate towns until the 1970s before Belgrade expanded that much to make urban connection to them (Žarkovo, Železnik). The neighborhood of Čukarica, which gave the name to the entire municipality, is located on a hill above the eastern bank of the Sava river. It is bordered by Careva Ćuprija and Senjak to the north, Banovo Brdo. This is a list of the neighborhoods that comprise the municipality: The suburban part comprises seven suburban settlements, four of them classified as urban and three as rural settlements: Demographics The municipality has a population of 181,231 inhabitants, according to the 2011 census results. That makes Čukarica the second most populous municipality of Belgrade (after New Belgrade), but it is also the fastest growing one in terms of absolute growth of population (relative, about 1.05% annually). Despite having also a rural parts, the municipality is very densely populated – . Ethnic groups The ethnic composition of the municipality: Economy The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018): Politics Presidents of the Municipality since 1989: 1989 – 1992: Predrag Petrović (b. 1950) 1992 – Feb 1997: Vladimir Matić (b. 1957) February 1997 – 18 November 2004: Zoran Alimpić (b. 1965) 18 November 2004 – 23 June 2008: Dragan Tešić (b. 1960) 23 June 2008 – 6 June 2012: Milan Tlačinac (b. 1964) 6 June 2012 – 19 March 2014: Zoran Gajić (b. 1967) 19 March 2014 – present : Srđan Kolarić (b. 1965) Twin towns - sister cities Čukarica is twinned with: Bač, Serbia Berane, Montenegro Budva, Montenegro Ervenik, Croatia Heraklion, Greece Istočno Novo Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Kumanovo, North Macedonia Sykies, Greece Thasos, Greece See also Subdivisions of Belgrade List of Belgrade neighborhoods and suburbs References External links Municipalities of Belgrade Neighborhoods of Belgrade Čukarica