Cerrca
Cerrcë
Crnce | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Cerrcë Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: Coordinates: 42°46′47″N 20°27′11″E / 42.7797°N 20.4531°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo[a] |
| District | Peja |
| Municipality | Istog |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,248 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Cerrca or Crnce (Serbian Cyrillic: Црнце) is a village in Kosovo, 2 km south of the town of Istog.[2]
Geography
This village of approximately 300 households is located in north-west Kosovo on the border with Serbia.
Demographics
Except for a few exceptions, the whole population of Crnce are defined as Muslims of Albanian ethnicity.[3]
Economy
Crnce has approximately 766 residents of working age. Of these, 231 people describe themselves as having some sort of regular cash income. Construction work and public-sector jobs are the two greatest sources of income. The commercial agriculture and industrial sectors in Crnce have largely collapsed. Family farms are presently producing almost exclusively for their own consumption, and only two Crnce farmers report owning more than ten cows. Part of the agricultural decline is believed to be an effect of the former socialist cooperatives no longer supporting farmers with the purchase of inputs or the marketing of produce. There was a construction boom in the first few years after the war in 1999 when 90 percent of the houses in Crnce were destroyed. The largest local construction company, employing 12 people, was launched in 2000. The remainder of the private sector consists of family-run shops, taxis, and other micro-enterprises.[4]
Notable natives
- Ibrahim Rugova, former President of Kosovo.
- Naser Rugova, Kosovo member of parliament
- Selman Kadria
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
- ^ in OpenStreetMap
- ^ "Religious composition of Kosovo 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ Cutting the lifeline. Migration, Families and the Future of Kosovo
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