Malisheva

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Malisheva[b]
Town and municipality
Flag of Malisheva[b]
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Stema e Komunës Malishevë.svg
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Location of Malisheva
Location of Malisheva
Malisheva[b]
Location of Malisheva
Location of Malisheva
Malisheva[b]
Coordinates: 42°28′58″N 20°44′46″E / 42.48278°N 20.74611°E / 42.48278; 20.74611
Country Kosovo[a]
DistrictPrizren
MunicipalityMalisheva
Government
 • TypeMayor–council
 • MayorEkrem Kastrati (NISMA)
 • CouncilMalisheva Municipal Council
Area
 • Municipality[1]306.42 km2 (118.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Urban
3,395
 • Rural
51,218
 • Municipality[2]
54,613
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
24000
Area code+383 (0) 39
Websitekk.rks-gov.net/malisheve/

Malisheva[b] is a town and municipality in Kosovo. According to the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) estimate from the 2011 census, there were 54,613 people residing in Malisheva Municipality, with Kosovo Albanians constituting the majority of the population.[2][3]

History

The population of the town has historically been predominantly Kosovo Albanian.[citation needed] The town was largely destroyed by Serbian forces in 1998. Town residents only returned following the 1998 withdrawal of Serbian paramilitary police and military, in response to international pressures.[4]

The town became a stronghold for the ethnically Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army during the Kosovo War in 1999. The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) formally re-established the municipality of Malishevë in July 2000. During the war, a number of atrocities were committed by both Albanian and Yugoslav forces. One such incident occurred in Malishevë, the execution of no fewer than seven Serbian men, named the Mališevo Massacre. The UN-run Office on Missing Persons and Forensics began the excavations at the site in May 2005.

Demography

According to the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) estimate from the 2011 census, there were 54,613 people residing in Malisheva Municipality.[2] With a population density of 178,5 people per square kilometre, its urban population amounted to about 3,300, while the rural population was around 51,200.[2][5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Malishevë (pronounced [maliˈʃɛvə]) or Mališevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Малишево, pronounced [mali'ʃevo])

References

  1. ^ "Komisioni për majten e territorit të Republikës së Kosovës" (PDF) (in Albanian). Prime Minister Office of Kosovo. p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Regjistrimi i Popullsisë, Ekonomive Familjare dhe Banesave në Kosovë 2011 – Rezultatet Përfundimtare: Të Dhënat Demografike sipas Komunave" (PDF) (in Albanian). Kosovo Agency of Statistics. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Regjistrimi i Popullsisë, Ekonomive Familjare dhe Banesave në Kosovë 2011 – Rezultatet përfundimtare" (PDF) (in Albanian). Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS). pp. 143–149. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  4. ^ Julius Strauss, "Albanian refugees nervously return to their Kosovo homes as Serbian troops pull out". Daily Telegraph via the National Post, October 28, 1998, p. A12.
  5. ^ "Atllasi i Regjistrimit të Popullsisë Kosovë" (PDF). Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS). p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

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