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Bijelo Polje is a city in Montenegro, serving as the capital of the Bijelo Polje Municipality. The city has a population of 16,586 and covers an area of 924 square kilometers. It is situated at an elevation of 578 meters above sea level. The municipality has at various times been part of Serbia and Montenegro and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
The city is twinned with Bila Tserkva, Maardu, and Hrubieszów. Its postal code is 84000. A prison facility is located within the city limits. The area is referenced by 746 other encyclopedia articles.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bijelo Polje
- Region
- Bijelo Polje
- Country
- Crna Gora / Црна Гора
- Population
- 15,400
- Timezone
- Europe/Podgorica
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Travel guide
Understand
The city, which was already important for transit traffic in Ottoman times and is surrounded by green hills, lies on the left bank of the Lim. It experienced an economic boom after the Second World War.
Get in
By buses or by train, from Podgorica, or other towns.
See
thumb|Etno Selo Vuković The completely small and completely charming square in the center of the town is a good place to take a walk. Also, when in Bijelo Polje, a must-visit is the spring of mineral water. It is said that people who drink that water live no less than 95 years. thumb|Church of St. Petra i Pavle The Church of St. Petra i Pavle is believed to date back to 1195 St. Nicholas Church with 17th-century frescoes The Archangel Michael Church The Partisan Monument The open-air museum (etno selo) Vukovíć
Eat
You have to visit the restaurant "Dva Sesira" in order to understand why is "kafana" so big part of local life.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Bijelo Polje (Cyrillic: Бијело Поље, pronounced [bîjɛlɔː pɔ̂ʎɛ]) is a town located in the Northern Region of Montenegro, situated along Lim River. It has an urban population of 12,900 (2011 census). It is the administrative, economic, cultural and educational centre of northern Montenegro.
Bijelo Polje is the center of Bijelo Polje Municipality (population of 38,662). Bijelo Polje means 'white field' in Serbo-Croatian.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bijelo Polje” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.