Velika Kruša
Krushë e Madhe
Velika Kruša | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Krushë e Madhe Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: Coordinates: 42°19′08″N 20°38′10″E / 42.319°N 20.636°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo[a] |
| District | Gjakova |
| Municipality | Orahovac |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,473 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Velika Kruša (Albanian: Krushë e Madhe) is a village in the Orahovac municipality of western Kosovo.[a] With a population of around 7,000, it is the second largest village in Kosovo.[2] During the Kosovo War, the village was a stronghold of the Kosovo Liberation Army.[3] On 25 March 1999, it was the site of a massacre by the Yugoslav Army in which 205 Kosovo Albanian civilians were killed.[4]
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 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 later withdrew their recognition.
References[]
- ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
- ^ Krusha e Madhe themelon kooperativën bujqësore, Koha.NET - Arkivi. (n.d.).
- ^ "Case Study: Velika Krusa". BBC News. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ Kandić, Nataša (2011-09-30). "The Kosovo Memory Book 1998-2000". Humanitarian Law Center. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
Categories:
- Villages in Orahovac