Klisa Клиса | |
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 Street in Klisa | |
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| Country |  Serbia |
| Province | Vojvodina |
| District | South Bačka |
| Municipality | Novi Sad |
| Area | |
• Total | 13.34 km2 (5.15 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +381(0)21 |
| Car plates | NS |
Klisa (Serbian:Клиса) is an urban area of the city ofNovi Sad, Serbia.
Its name derived fromLatin word "ecclesia", meaning "church place". DuringOttoman rule, theSerb population used word "klisa" to designate places where ruins of the church buildings were located.
Klisa is located in the northern part of Novi Sad, betweenKlisanski breg andIndustrijska Zona Sever in the west,Industrijska Zona Jug in the south,Vidovdansko Naselje,Slana Bara andVeliki Rit in the east, andRimski Šančevi andDeponija in the north.
Klisa is divided into two parts:Gornja Klisa ("upper Klisa") andDonja Klisa ("lower Klisa"). The nearby neighborhood ofSlana Bara is sometimes also seen as a third part of Klisa.
In the territory of present-day Gornja Klisa, there was an ancient human settlement dating from 1000 BC. This is the oldest known human settlement in the present-day territory of Novi Sad.
In the medieval period (13th-16th century), a settlements named Gornje Sajlovo (Zajol) and Vašaroš Varad (Vásárosvárad) existed at this location.
Klisa's population consists mostly ofSerbs andRomani people.
The district prison is located in the northern part of Klisa.
