Zhur
Zhur
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Village | |
  Zhur Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°10′1″N 20°36′47″E / 42.16694°N 20.61306°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo[a] |
| District | Prizren |
| Municipality | Prizren |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,927 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Zhur (Albanian: Zhur or Zhuri, Serbian: Жур / Žur) is a village in the Prizren Municipality in southwestern Kosovo[a].
History
After the Kingdom of Serbia acquired Kosovo in the first Balkan War (1912), Serbia arranged a Military Administration named Žur. The municipality was part of the Srez (Serbian: Šar) of the Prizren District. This administrative subdivision lasted until January 6, 1929, after which the area was made part of the Vardar Banovina in the newly formed Yugoslavia.[2]
Geography
Zhur is located in southwestern Kosovo, five kilometers east of Morina in Albania, and eight kilometers west of Prizren. Neighbouring villages include Poslishta and Billusha to the east, as well as Shkoza to the west. The mountain landscape of the Koritnik starts south of the village.
The M-25 goes directly through the village, and the R7 passes north of the village.
Climate
| Climate data for Zhur/Žur (1982-2012) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C | 3.4 | 6.4 | 11.6 | 16.4 | 21.8 | 25.5 | 27.9 | 28 | 24.1 | 17.3 | 9.9 | 4.9 | 16.5 |
| Average low °C | −2.8 | −0.6 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 10.3 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 11.8 | 7.4 | 3.1 | −0.8 | 6.8 |
| Average rainfall mm | 83 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 81 | 55 | 49 | 47 | 68 | 86 | 108 | 98 | 894 |
| Average high °F | 38.1 | 43.5 | 52.9 | 61.5 | 71.2 | 77.9 | 82.2 | 82 | 75.4 | 63.1 | 49.8 | 40.8 | 61.7 |
| Average low °F | 27.0 | 30.9 | 36.3 | 43.2 | 50.5 | 56.8 | 59.7 | 59.2 | 53.2 | 45.3 | 37.6 | 30.6 | 44.2 |
| Average rainfall inches | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 35.2 |
| Source: [3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1919 | 1304 |
| 1948 | 1926 |
| 1953 | 2019 |
| 1961 | 2348 |
| 1971 | 3214 |
| 1981 | 4353 |
| 1991 | 5230 |
| 2011 | 12.000 |
Zhur has a population of 5,909. Of these, 5,897 are Albanians and six Bosniaks.[6]
Religion
5,903 are Muslims, one Catholic and one stated otherwise.[7]
Notes
- ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as an independent state by 100 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 93 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.
References
- ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
- ^ Agimi. "Ndarja administrative në Qarkun e Prizrenit - në vitin 1919". Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
- ^ "Klima & Wetter in Zhur". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ "Ndarja Administrative ne Qarkun e Prizrenit - ne Vitin 1919". Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ Tim Bespyatov. "Kosovo Census". Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ "Popullsia e komunës së Prizrenit sipas vendbanimit, gjinisë dhe etnicitetit 2011" (in Albanian). Statistikagentur des Kosovo. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ Tim Bespyatov. "Religious composition of Kosovo 2011". Retrieved May 24, 2017.