Jelašnica
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.Photo: nenadtasictasa, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,310 residents
- Description: village in Nišava District, Serbia
- Also known as: “Jelasnica” and “Jelašnica, 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, which is situated 3 km north of Jelašnica.
Školska česma
Hot spring
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Školska česma is a hot spring, which is situated 4 km west of Jelašnica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rautovo and 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.
Prosek
Village
Photo: nenadtasictasa, CC BY 3.0.
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.
Čukljenik
Village
Čukljenik is a village situated in Niška Banja municipality in Serbia. Čukljenik is situated 2½ km southeast of Jelašnica.
Jelašnica
- Categories: human settlement, cadastral municipality of Serbia, and locality
- Location: Opština Niška Banja, Nišava District, Central Serbia, Serbia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
43.29369° or 43° 17′ 37″ northLongitude
22.05719° or 22° 3′ 26″ eastPopulation
1,310Elevation
315 metres (1,033 feet)Open location code
8GM473V4+FVOpenStreetMap ID
node 2323684165OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
789814Wikidata ID
Q2732763
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Tatar—“Jelašnica” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Jellshnica”
- Chechen: “Елашница (Нишка Баня)”
- Chechen: “Елашница”
- Dutch: “Jelašnica”
- French: “Jelasnica”
- French: “Jelašnica”
- Greek: “Γιελάσνιτσα”
- Irish: “Jelašnica”
- Italian: “Jelašnica”
- Macedonian: “Јелашница (Ниш)”
- Macedonian: “Јелашница”
- Malay: “Jelašnica”
- Persian: “یلاشنیتسا (نیشکا بانگا)”
- Persian: “یلاشنیتسا”
- Polish: “Jelašnica”
- Portuguese: “Jelašnica”
- Serbian: “Jelašnica”
- Serbian: “Јелашница”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jelašnica”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Јелашница”
- Slovenian: “Jelašnica, Niška Banja”
- Tatar: “Елашница (Нишка Баня)”
- Tatar: “Елашница”
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