Šaljska Bistrica

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Bistrica e Shalës
Village
Bistrica e Shalës is located in Kosovo
Bistrica e Shalës
Bistrica e Shalës
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 43°0′54″N 20°49′30″E / 43.01500°N 20.82500°E / 43.01500; 20.82500
Location Kosovo[a]
DistrictMitrovica
MunicipalityLeposaviq
Elevation
1,940 ft (590 m)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+383

Šaljska Bistrica (Serbian Cyrillic: Шаљска Бистрица, Albanian: Bistrica e Shalës) is a settlement in the Leposavić municipality in northern Kosovo.

Name[]

In 1986, the secondary name of Šaljska Bistrica was the Albanianized version "Bistrica e Shalës".[1]

Geography[]

The village is located 12 km southeast from Leposavić, below the Kopaonik.[2] The settlement lies on both sides of the middle flow of the Bistrica, a right tributary of Ibar. The settlement is of the scattered type (razbijenog tipa), and its cadastral area includes 787 hectares.

History[]

The village of Bistrica (Бистрица) was mentioned in the 1455 Ottoman defter (tax registry).[2] Serbs were the majority population up until the mid-19th century, when Albanians expelled them and had their Orthodox church destroyed.[2] The toponym Crkvište is used for the area of the church ruins.[2][3]

Demographics[]

The village is inhabited by an ethnic Albanian majority.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which 15 states later withdrew their recognition.

References[]

  1. ^ Hashim Islami (1986). Arhivski fondovi i zbirke u arhivima i arhivskim odeljenjima u SFRJ: SAP Kosovo. Vol. 9. Savez arhivskih radnika Jugoslavije. p. 135.
  2. ^ a b c d Kalezić 2002, p. 197.
  3. ^ Gojko Subotić (1998). Art of Kosovo: the sacred land. Monacelli Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-58093-006-2.

Sources[]

  • Kalezić, Dimitrije M. (2002). A - Z. Savremena administracija. p. 197. ISBN 9788638706716.

External links[]

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