Drelaj

Drelë / Drelaj 1 Drelje / Дреље 2
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Basic data
State :	Kosovo 3
Municipality :	Peja
Coordinates :	42 ° 42 '  N , 20 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 42 '26 "  N , 20 ° 7' 22"  E
Height :	1,125  m above sea level A.
Residents :	74 (2011)
Telephone code :	+383 (0) 39
License plate :	03
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.

Drelaj ( Albanian  also  Drelë , Serbian Дреље Drelje ) is a village in western Kosovo and belongs to the greater municipality of Peja .

geography

Landscape near Drelaj

It is located in the Rugova Gorge in the area of ​​the Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park . The Drelaj Lake has the same name, but is around twelve kilometers away near the village of Kuqishta . The village is located on the northern slope of the valley above the Pećka Bistrica at around 1125  m. i. J. Height.

climate

In Drelaj there is a temperate continental climate with an annual average temperature of 7.8 ° C and an annual rainfall of over 1100 mm.

Drelaj
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     98   1 -6     87   3 -4     88   7th -1     92   11 2     101   16 7th     82   20th 10     70   22nd 12     69   23 11     84   19th 9     100   14th 5     124   7th 0     113   2 -4 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Climate Data The climatological data are based on the monthly averages from 1982 to 2012

Drelaj Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 0.9 2.9 7.4 11.4 16.4 19.8 22.4 22.5 19th 13.5 6.7 2.4 O 12.2 Min. Temperature (° C) -5.5 -4.3 -0.9 2.3 6.6 9.8 11.6 11.4 8.6 4.7 0.1 -3.5 O 3.4 Temperature (° C) -2.3 -0.7 3.2 6.8 11.5 14.8 17th 16.9 13.8 9.1 3.4 -0.6 O 7.8 Precipitation ( mm ) 98 87 88 92 101 82 70 69 84 100 124 113 Σ 1.108 Source: Climate Data The climatological data are based on the monthly averages from 1982 to 2012

population

Mosque in the village

development

year	Residents
1948	201
1953	213
1961	250
1971	240
1981	259
1991	261
2011	74

The 2011 census showed that 74 people live in Drelaj. All residents stated to be Albanians .

religion

74 also declared themselves to be Muslims .

Village school

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Endrit Shima et al .: Peaks of the Balkans. Cross border hiking Albania-Kosovo-Montenegro . 1: 60,000. Huber Kartographie, Munich, ISBN 978-3-943752-16-8 .
2. ↑ Tim Bespyatov: Kosovo censuses. In: Population statistics of Eastern Europe. Retrieved May 25, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Tim Bespyatov: Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011 . Retrieved May 25, 2017.
4. ↑ Tim Bespyatov: Religious composition of Kosovo 2011 . Retrieved May 18, 2017.