Prosek
Prosek is a village in the municipality of Niška Banja, within the city of Niš, Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the village had 599 inhabitants. According to the Ottoman Empire census of 1516, the village was one of the 111 within the Niš district, with 5 households, 3 widowed households, and 2 single households.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 551 residents
- Description: village in Nišava District, Serbia
- Also known as: “Prosek, Niška Banja”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pešturina and Црква Светог Николаја Мирликијског.
Pešturina
Cave
Pešturina is a cave in the municipality of Niška Banja in southeast Serbia. It is located southwest of Jelašnica and 20 km southeast of Niš. Artifacts from the Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods were discovered since the archaeological excavations began in 2006.
Црква Светог Николаја Мирликијског
Church
Photo: Dzumba54n, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Црква Светог Николаја Мирликијског is a church.
Vavedenje monastery
Church
Photo: Intermedichbo, CC BY 3.0 rs.
Vavedenje monastery is a church, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Prosek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jelašnica and Malča.
Jelašnica
Village
Photo: nenadtasictasa, CC BY 3.0.
Jelašnica is a village situated in Niška Banja municipality in Serbia. South of the village is the protected area of the Jelašnica Gorge, while southwest of it is the Pešturina cave, one of the latest surviving Neanderthal habitats.
Malča
Village
Photo: 5ar 5kovic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Malča is a village located in the Niš city municipality of Pantelej, Serbia. As of 2011 census, it has a population of 1,030 inhabitants. Malča is situated 3 km northwest of Prosek.
Rautovo
Village
Rautovo is a village situated in Niška Banja municipality in Serbia. It has an estimated population of 12 people. It sits at 570 m above sea level. Rautovo is situated 4 km south of Prosek.
Prosek
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Opština Niška Banja, Nišava District, Central Serbia, Serbia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
43.3127° or 43° 18′ 46″ northLongitude
22.05064° or 22° 3′ 2″ eastPopulation
551Elevation
252 metres (827 feet)Open location code
8GM48372+37OpenStreetMap ID
node 4881031232OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
786681Wikidata ID
Q3407679
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Tatar—“Prosek” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Preseka”
- Chechen: “Просек (Нишка Баня)”
- Chechen: “Просек”
- Dutch: “Prosek”
- French: “Prosek (Serbie)”
- French: “Prosek”
- Irish: “Prosek”
- Macedonian: “Просек (село)”
- Macedonian: “Просек”
- Polish: “Prosek”
- Portuguese: “Prosek”
- Russian: “Просек (Сербия)”
- Russian: “Просек”
- Serbian: “Prosek”
- Serbian: “Просек”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prosek”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Просек”
- Slovenian: “Prosek, Srbija”
- Slovenian: “Prosek”
- Tatar: “Просек (Нишка Баня)”
- Tatar: “Просек”
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