Velika Hoča

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Velika Hoča Velika Hoča Hoçë e Madhe
Village
St Jovan Monastery (overview)
Velika Hoča Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: Coordinates: 42°23′03″N 20°40′36″E / 42.3842°N 20.6767°E / 42.3842; 20.6767
Location	Kosovo[a]
District	Gjakova
Municipality	Orahovac
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	124
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Velika Hoča (Serbian Cyrillic: Велика Хоча, Albanian: Hoçë e Madhe) is a village in the municipality of Rahovec, in Kosovo.^[a] It is one of the Serb enclaves in Kosovo.^{[citation needed]}

Velika Hoča is situated in the historical region of Dukagjin is one of the oldest settlements. It was given as metochion by Stefan Nemanja to Hilandar in 1198–99 (Charter of Hilandar).^[2]

History[]

On 25 May 1905 a clash occurred in the village between a group of 7 Serbian Chetniks and an Albanian mob from Orahovac, the battle resulted on heavy casualties on both sides with the Chetnik force annihilated.

Agriculture[]

The main economic activity of Velika Hoča is viniculture.

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Further reading[]

• Zarković Božidar V. (2013). "Velika Hoča i začeci crkvenog poseda u Metohiji". Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Prištini. 43 (2): 131–48.

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Velika Hoča.

• "Velika Hoča (Unofficial site)".
• Blago Fund's Photo Collections of Serbian Medieval Churches in Velika Hoča
• "Velika Hoča" (in Serbian). Yuheritage.com.
• Филм о Великој Хочи у продукцији Министарства за дијаспору Републике Србије (in Serbian).
• "film o Velikoj Hoči" (in Serbian).
• "Velika Hoča 1991. godine" (in Serbian).