 As of 2008 the cemetery measures 375,000 m2 and comprises sections A, B, and C east of Tomačevo Street (), and section D west of the road.The fifth part of the cemetery, the Plečnik Žale, is not used for burials but for pre-burial ceremonies and associated cemetery activities.More than 150,000 people have been buried at Žale, about 2,000 of them prominent.