History
Ada Huja was previously an island, as its name suggests (ada huja, Turkish/Serbian for rustle island). After the World War II the filling up of the Danube's bed between the bank of Belgrade and Ada Huja began, with garbage and dirt being the most used materials, turning it into a peninsula. The filled area covers the western part of Ada Huja while the former island now forms the eastern half, with a separate island-like extension on its eastern tip. Today, from the Pančevački most to the easternmost tip, Ada Huja is almost 4 km long and the entire area (filled and former island) covers 5 square kilometers.
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