Kosovo Polje




For other places with the same name, see Kosovo Polje (disambiguation).

Town and municipality in District of Pristina, Kosovo






































































Fushë Kosovë
Kosovo Polje

Town and municipality

Albanian: Fushë Kosovë / Fushë Kosova
Serbian: Косово Поље/ Kosovo Polje

Railway station, March 2010

Railway station, March 2010


Location of the municipality of Kosovo Polje within Kosovo
Location of the municipality of Kosovo Polje within Kosovo

Coordinates: 42°38′N 21°5′E / 42.633°N 21.083°E / 42.633; 21.083
Country
Kosovo[a]
District District of Pristina
Villages 18
Government

 • Mayor Burim Berisha
 • Municipal 83 km2 (32 sq mi)
Elevation

 543 m (1,781 ft)
Population
(2011)

 • Urban

 12,919
 • Municipal

 33,997
 • Municipal density 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
12000
Area code(s) +383 38
Car plates 01
Website kk.rks-gov.net/fushekosove

Kosovo Polje (Serbian: Косово Поље, "Kosovo Field") or Fushë Kosovë (Albanian: Fushë Kosova) is a town and municipality located in the Pristina district in central of Kosovo.[a] According to the 2011 census, the town of Kosovo Polje has 12,919 inhabitants, while the municipality has 33,977 inhabitants.




Contents






  • 1 Geography


  • 2 History


  • 3 Economy


  • 4 Demographics


    • 4.1 Ethnic groups




  • 5 Annotations


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Geography


The town is located in central Kosovo, some 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) southwest of Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. It is served by the Fushë Kosovë railway station.



History


Kosovo Polje was named after the Kosovo Field of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo. The settlement of Kosovo Polje was established in 1921 during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (see Colonisation of Kosovo).[1]


Prior to the 1999 Kosovo War, the town of Kosovo Polje had, according to the figures of the Federal Statistical Office in Belgrade from March 1991, a total population of 35,570 inhabitants, while the ethnic makeup was 56.6% Albanian, 23.7% Serb and 19.6% from other communities.[2]


Kosovo Polje saw considerable violence before, during and after the Kosovo War. In December 1998, Serbian deputy mayor of Kosovo Polje Zvonko Bojanić was executed by members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, despite taking a moderate line on Serb-Albanian relations.[3] KLA representatives denied responsibility for the act. At the war's end in June 1999, most of the Albanian population returned while many of the town's Serbs were expelled. The remaining Serb population found themselves in an enclave in an Albanian-dominated region. Thousands of Serbs and Roma from other parts of Kosovo, who had fled their homes, took refuge in Kosovo Polje, where a large refugee camp was established.[4] Ethnic tension flared repeatedly in the years after the war and a number of Serbs were killed by Albanian nationalists.[citation needed] Under this continuing pressure, the Serb population of Kosovo Polje shrank steadily until, by July 2002, the newspaper Blic was reporting that only 550 Serbs remained in Kosovo Polje. The town was seriously affected by the March 2004 unrest in Kosovo, which saw almost all Serb inhabitants expelled and their homes burned down.[5] A number are reported[by whom?] to have returned since then and at least some of the destroyed properties have been rebuilt by UNMIK.[citation needed]



Economy


There are two magnesium mines operating on the territory of Kosovo Polje: Goleš and Strezovce.



Demographics


















































Municipal historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1948 8,041 —    
1953 9,288 +2.93%
1961 12,286 +3.56%
1971 20,889 +5.45%
1981 29,805 +3.62%
1991 35,570 +1.78%
2011 34,827 −0.11%
2016
est.
 37,048 +1.24%
Source: Division of Kosovo

According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Kosovo Polje has 34,827 inhabitants.



Ethnic groups


The ethnic composition of the municipality:



















































































Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs
Year
 Albanians
  %
 Serbs
  %
 Ashkali
  %
 Roma
  %
 Other
  %
 Total
1991[6]
 20,142 56.6 8,445 23.7 6,983 19.6 35,570
1998[citation needed]
 23,600 59 9,600 24 40,000
June 2000[citation needed]
 34,000 84 4,000 10 2,600 6.4 300 0.7 60 0.14 40,500
April 2002[7]
 34,000 85 3,239 8 2,259 5.6 388 1 21 0.05 40,000
2011[8]
 30,275 86.9 321 0.9 3,230 9.3 436 1,3 565 1.6 34,827


Annotations





  1. ^ ab 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, but 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 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 113 out of 193 United Nations member states, of which several have been revoked.




References





  1. ^ Pavlović, Aleksandar. "Prostorni raspored Srba i Crnogoraca kolonizovanih na Kosovo i Metohiju u periodu između 1918. i 1941. godine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-26..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Brunborg, Helge (14 August 2002). "Report on the size and ethnic composition of the population of Kosovo", p. 9. Retrieved February 9, 2015.


  3. ^ Tim Judah (2002). Kosovo: War and Revenge. Yale University Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-30009-725-2.


  4. ^ Peter Bouckaert (2004). Failure to Protect: Anti-minority Violence in Kosovo, March 2004, 16 (6). Human Rights Watch. p. 42.


  5. ^ Peter Bouckaert (2004). Failure to Protect: Anti-minority Violence in Kosovo, March 2004. 16. Human Rights Watch. pp. 42–43.


  6. ^ Brunborg, Helge (14 August 2002). "Report on the size and ethnic composition of the population of Kosovo" (PDF). p. 9. Retrieved 28 December 2014.


  7. ^ OSCE (April 2002). "OSCE municipal profile of Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje - April 2002". OSCE. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06.


  8. ^ "FUSHË KOSOVË/KOSOVO POLJE MUNICIPAL PROFILE March 2014". OSCE Mission in Kosovo. March 2014. p. 1. Retrieved 28 December 2014.




External links


Media related to Fushë Kosova at Wikimedia Commons


  • Republic of Kosovo municipality of Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje



Coordinates: 42°38′N 21°07′E / 42.63°N 21.12°E / 42.63; 21.12







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