Gračanica municipality

Komuna e Graçanicës Opština Gračanica / Општина Грачаница

Country  Kosovo district Pristina Administrative headquarters Gračanica (Kosovo) surface 131  km² Residents 10,675 (2011) Population density 81 inhabitants / km² License Plate 01 mayor Srdjan Popović Mailing address Opština Gračanica Ulica Cara Lazara bb Gračanica 10500 Web presence kk.rks-gov.net/gracanice

The municipality Gračanica ( Serbian Општина Грачаница Opština Gračanica , Albanian  Komuna e Graçanicës ) is a municipality in Kosovo . It is located in the Pristina district . The administrative seat is the small town of Gračanica .

history

The Gračanica municipality was created in 2010 through the Kosovar local elections that took place at the end of 2009. It is one of seven newly introduced parishes at that time and was formed from areas of the parishes of Pristina , Lipjan and Fushë Kosova .

geography

Map of the municipality
(Serbian labeling)

The Gračanica municipality is located in the central Kosovo landscape, the blackbird field . In the north it borders on the municipalities of Pristina and Fushë Kosova and in the south on the municipality of Lipjan . There are a total of 16 villages in the municipality. The area is 131 km². Together with the municipalities of Pristina, Podujeva , Drenas , Lipjan, Obiliq , Novo Brdo and Fushë Kosova, the municipality forms the Pristina district .

population

The 2011 census showed a population of 10,675 in the municipality of Gračanica, 7,209 of whom identified themselves as Serbs , 2,474 as Albanians , 852 as Roma , Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians , 22 as Gorans , 15 as Turks and 15 as Bosniaks . Forty-five belong to other races and 43 people did not have an answer regarding their ethnic origin.

7,237 declared themselves as Orthodox , 3,190 as Muslims, 42 as Catholics and 13 as non-denominational.

The Central Electoral Commission gave the total number of all registered voters in the Gračanica municipality - this also includes people living abroad - as 19,216 in November 2013.

census	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2011
Residents	9,480	10,545	12,292	13,193	15.164	16,381	10,675

Ethnicity	Serbs	Albanians	Roma	Ashkali	Turks	Bosniaks	Balkan Egyptians	Gorans	Other	Unknown
Residents	7.209	2,474	745	104	15th	15th	3	22nd	45	17th

religion	Orthodox	Muslims	Catholics	Atheists	Other	Unknown
Residents	7,237	3,190	42	13	32	142

places

Albanian	Serbian	population (2011 census)
Badoc	Badovac	15th
Batusha	Batuse	278
Çagllavica	Čaglavica	723 1
Dobratin	Dobrotine	623
Graçanica	Gračanica	2686
Gushterica e Epërme	Gornja Gušterica	393
Gushterica e Ulët	Donja Gušterica	723
Kizhnica	Kižnica	700
Lepia	Lepina	278
Livagja	Livađe	244
Llapllasella	Laplje Selo	892
Preoc	Preoce	509
Radeva	Radevo	246
Skullan	Skulanevo	194
Suhodoll	Suvi Thu	470
Shushica	Sušica	515
Uglar	Ugljare	1186

¹Çagllavica is divided between the municipalities of Pristina and Gračanica. The population refers to the part belonging to the Gračanica municipality.

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Gračanica  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Gračanica (Albanian, Serbian, English, Turkish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Komuna e Graçanicës: problemet kryesore dhe trendët buxhetor. (PDF) In: institutigap.org. Instituti GAP, accessed February 6, 2018 (Albanian). 
2. ^ Gračanica. (PDF) OSCE , accessed on July 10, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Kosovo censuses. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved October 29, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved October 29, 2017 . 
5. ^ Religious composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .