Staro Sajmište
Staro Sajmište
Старо Сајмиште | |
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| Etymology: Old Fairground | |
| Coordinates: 44°48′46″N 20°26′37″E / 44.81278°N 20.44361°E | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Region | Belgrade |
| Municipality | New Belgrade |
| Local community | Staro Sajmište |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,862 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +381(0)11 |
| Car plates | BG |
Staro Sajmište (Serbian Cyrillic: Старо Сајмиште, romanized: Old Fairground) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of New Belgrade, and it was the site of the World War II Sajmište concentration camp from 1941 to 1944, when the area was under control of the Nazi puppet state Independent State of Croatia.