Bosniaks in Kosovo

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Bosniaks in Kosovo 2011

The Bosniaks in Kosovo ( Bosnian Bošnjaci na Kosovu ) are the second largest ethnic minority in the country and, with 27,553 inhabitants, make up 1.6% of the population.

Occasionally the Gorans are also counted among the Bosniaks of Kosovo.

Settlement area

According to the 2011 census, around 21,000 of the 27,553 Bosniaks live - d. H. almost exactly three quarters - in the two southernmost parishes of Kosovo: 16,896 in Prizren parish (9.50% of the parish population) and 4,100 in Dragash parish (12.06%); there are also 3786 Bosniaks in the municipality of Peja (3.93%) and 1,142 in the municipality of Istog (2.91%). In addition to other larger Bosniak communities in the cities of Pristina (366 people) and in the southern part of Mitrovica (340), they also live in smaller numbers across the rest of Kosovo. In addition , it is estimated that between 1,000 and 3,000 other Bosniaks live in North Mitrovica , where the 2011 census was not conducted.

politics

In the Kosovar parliament , three of the 120 seats are reserved for representatives of the Bosniak minority. There are several Bosniak parties in Kosovo , the oldest of which is the Bošnjačka stranka demokratske akcije Kosova , a sister party of the Stranka demokratske akcije .

According to an NGO report from 2007/2008, the Bosniaks are integrated into Kosovar society and the Kosovar education system. The Bosnian in the municipalities of Peja, Prizren and Dragash has the status as an official language. In the cities of Peja (since 2002) and Prizren (2003) it is possible to attend Bosnian-speaking faculties ; nevertheless, the majority of Bosniaks from Kosovo go to study in Bosnia and Herzegovina . There were only security problems in the Serbian-dominated North Mitrovica, where Serbs tried to violently prevent Bosniaks from going to the polls in the 2007 Kosovar parliamentary elections.

Bosniaks generally feel safe in Kosovo, but there are also some who have experienced violence. There are also no Bosniaks returning to Kosovo - instead, more and more Bosniaks are selling their houses and moving to Bosnia and Herzegovina or Western Europe.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry: Europe: Kosovo. In: The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), USA 2018, accessed July 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved January 19, 2018 .
  3. ^ Mitrovica / Mitrovicë North. (PDF) In: osce.org. OSCE , accessed February 23, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Eraldin Fazliu: Minority political representation: Bosniaks. In: kosovotwopointzero.com. Kosovo 2.0 , April 24, 2017, accessed February 23, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Komunitetet Etnike në Kosovë në 2007 dhe 2008. (PDF) Retrieved on February 23, 2018 (Albanian).
  6. ↑ UNHCR. Update on the Kosovo Roma, Ashkaelia, Egyptian, Serb, Bosniak, Gorani and Albanian communities in a minority situation. Retrieved on 2012-09-12