Kaçanik

Kaçanik / Kaçaniku ¹
Kačanik / Качаник ²

Basic data

State :

Kosovo ³

District :

Ferizaj

Municipality :

Kaçanik

Coordinates :

42 ° 14 ' N , 21 ° 16' E Coordinates: 42 ° 13 '57 " N , 21 ° 16' 8" E

Residents :

10,393 (2011)

Telephone code :

+383 (0) 29

Postal code :

71000

License plate :

05

¹ Albanian (indefinite / definite form) ,
² Serbian (Latin / Cyrillic spelling)
³ Kosovo's independence is controversial. Serbia continues to regard the country as a Serbian province.

View of Kaçanik

Kaçanik ( Albanian also Kaçaniku , Serbian Качаник Kačanik ) is a city in southeastern Kosovo and the headquarters of the associated municipality .

geography

Kaçanik is located on the Lepenac River

Kaçanik is located in the southern part of Kosovo on the Lepenac River and borders in the north on Ferizaj , in the northeast on Vitia , in the west on Štrpce and in the south on Han i Elezit , which used to be part of the municipality of Kaçanik. The length of the border with the Republic of Macedonia is 11.42 km.

Limiting lengths of the neighboring communities

Communities	Length in km
Ferizaj	20.05
Vitia	27.10
Macedonia (Southeast)	6.62
Han i Elezit	23.34
Macedonia (Southwest)	11.42
Štrpce	12.88
total	101.41

history

The first evidence of the existence of early settlements was found in the 1980s, when a grave with an inscription from the 2nd century was found while a shopping mall was being built. The find is now in the city's cultural center.

Koxha Sinan Pasha is considered the founder of today's city in the 16th century. Koxha Sinan Pasha built a mosque that still exists today; a school; two inns; a hammam ; a castle and several mills on the Lepenc river . Until 1891, the city was part of the Sandschak Skopje , in Vilayet Kosovo .

population

In 2011 the village of Kaçanik counted 10,393 inhabitants in the census. Of these, 10,369 (99.77%) were Albanians , 10 Bosniaks and 5 Roma , 1 Serb and 1 Turkish and 4 indicated a different ethnicity.

Population development
Census	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2011
Residents	2094	2275	2923	4513	6629	9800	10,393

traffic

Train station in Kaçanik

Kaçanik is located 50 kilometers southeast of the capital Pristina on its road connection to Skopje . The city also has a train station on the north-south main connection of the Trainkos from Fushë Kosova to Thessaloniki (built in 1879). Two passenger trains in each direction run between Fushë Kosova and Hani e Elezit every day.

The Autostrada R 6 connects the capital Pristina with the Macedonian capital Skopje, which runs through Kaçanik. The total length of the route is 60 kilometers.

Personalities

Berat Luzha (* 1953), politician ( PDK )
Lutfi Zharku (* 1962), politician ( LDK )
Avni Tafili (* 1978), theologian and writer
Ag Apolloni (* 1982), writer and university lecturer
Lavdrim Muhaxheri (1989-2017), Islamist terrorist
Ismail Morina (* 1990), football player

Web links

Commons : Kaçanik - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the municipal administration

Individual evidence

↑ Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved January 10, 2018 .
↑ Kosovo censuses. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved July 24, 2018 .
↑ Orari i trenave | TRAINKOS. Retrieved August 21, 2018 (sq-AL).
↑ Hapet segmenti i ri i Autostradës “Arbër Xhaferi”. In: ALSAT-M. December 31, 2016, accessed January 2, 2016 (Albanian).

[1] Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved January 10, 2018 .

[2] Kosovo censuses. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved July 24, 2018 .

[3] Orari i trenave | TRAINKOS. Retrieved August 21, 2018 (sq-AL).

[4] Hapet segmenti i ri i Autostradës “Arbër Xhaferi”. In: ALSAT-M. December 31, 2016, accessed January 2, 2016 (Albanian).