Lapušnik

Llapushnik

Llapushnik
Llapushnik Llapushnik
Village
	Llapushnik Location in Kosovo
	Coordinates: Coordinates: 42°33′56″N 20°50′38″E / 42.56556°N 20.84389°E
Location	Kosovo
District	Pristina
Municipality	Glogovac
Population (2011)
• Total	3,433
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Llapushnik (Serbian: Лапушник, Lapušnik; Albanian: Llapushnik) is a village in municipality Glogovac in Kosovo.^[a]

Geography[]

Demography[]

Year	Population
Demographics
1948
1953
1961
1971
1981
1991
Ref: Federal Office of Statistics and Evidence of Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, census for 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. and 1991.

History[]

The village became notorious after 1998 because of the Lapušnik prison camp operated by the Albanian militant organization the UÇK. It also had a famous battle with the KLA and Yugoslav forces, which led to an KLA victory in 1998 known as the Battle of Llapushnik^[2]^[3]

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b 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[]

^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
^ "22 years since the battle of Llapushnik". KosovaPress. 2020-05-10. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
^ "Veseli: The Battle of Llapushnik increased the population's confidence in the strength of the KLA". KosovaPress. 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2022-01-07.

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[status-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.

[2] 2011 Kosovo Census results

[3] "22 years since the battle of Llapushnik". KosovaPress. 2020-05-10. Retrieved 2022-01-07.

[4] "Veseli: The Battle of Llapushnik increased the population's confidence in the strength of the KLA". KosovaPress. 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2022-01-07.

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Llapushnik Llapushnik
Village
Llapushnik Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: Coordinates: 42°33′56″N 20°50′38″E / 42.56556°N 20.84389°E / 42.56556; 20.84389
Location	Kosovo^[a]
District	Pristina
Municipality	Glogovac
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	3,433
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)