Skënderaj municipality
Komuna e Skënderajt Opština Srbica / Општина Србица |
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The municipality of Skënderaj ( Albanian Komuna e Skënderajt , Serbian Општина Србица Opština Srbica ) is a municipality in Kosovo. It is located in the Mitrovica district . The administrative seat is the city of Skënderaj .
geography
The municipality of Skënderaj is located in the center of Kosovo. In the southeast the municipality borders on the municipality of Drenas , in the southwest on the municipality of Klina , in the northeast on Vushtrria and Mitrovica and in the north on Zubin Potok and in the northwest on the municipality Istog . The area is 378 km². Together with the municipalities of Mitrovica North and South, Vushtrri, Leposavić, Zubin Potok and Zvečan, the municipality forms the Mitrovica District .
population
The 2011 census showed a population of 50,858 for the municipality of Skënderaj, of which 50,685 (99.66%) identified themselves as Albanians, 50 as Serbs , 42 as Bosniaks , ten as Ashkali and seven as members of other nationalities.
50,704 declared themselves as Muslims, 52 as Orthodox , seven people stated to be Roman Catholic , 24 gave no answer or were non-denominational.
census | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2011 |
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Residents | 23,774 | 26,166 | 30,308 | 36,650 | 46,927 | 55,471 | 50,858 |
Ethnicity | Albanians | Serbs | Turks | Bosniaks | Ashkali | Balkan Egyptians | Other | Unknown |
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Residents | 50,685 | 50 | 612 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 60 |
religion | Muslims | Orthodox | Catholics | Atheists | Other | Unknown |
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Residents | 50,704 | 52 | 7th | 5 | 8th | 63 |
Administration and politics
legislative branch
The municipal council ( Albanian Kuvendi i Komunës , Serbian Скупштина општине Skupština opštine ) takes on legislative functions and has to vote on the budget, among other things. According to the statute, it consists of 31 members in Skënderaj. 26 of them belong to the Partia Demokratike e Kosovës (PDK) , which has its largest strongholds in central Kosovo. Three municipal councils are members of Lidhja Demokratie e Dardanisë (LDD) and one each belongs to Aleanca Kosova e Re (AKR) and Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës (LDK) .
executive
Bekim Jashari has been (independent) mayor since the last local elections in 2017.
places
Albanian | Serbian | population (2011 census) |
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Abria e Poshtme | Donje Obrinje | 1639 |
Açareva | Ovčarevo | 1258 |
Baja | Banya | 340 |
Baks | 991 | |
Buroja | Broćna | 1716 |
Çirez | Ćirez | 1015 |
Çitak | Čitak | 518 |
Çubrel | Čubrelj | 1065 |
Dashec | Doševac | 197 |
Izbica | 501 | |
Klina e Epërme | Gornja Klina | 1719 |
Klina e Mesme | Srednja Klina | 897 |
Klina e Poshtme | Donja Klina | 1927 |
Klladërnica | Kladernica | 1646 |
Kopiliq i Epërm | Gornji Obilić | 599 |
Kopiliq i Poshtëm | Donji Obilić | 1145 |
Kostërc | Kostrc | 669 |
Kotorr | Kotore | 279 |
Kozhica | Kožica | 478 |
Krasaliq | Krasalić | 308 |
Krasmiroc | Krasmirovac | 215 |
Kryshec | Kruševac | 504 |
Kuçica | Kućica | 547 |
Leçina | Leočina | 941 |
Likoc | Likovac | 1175 |
Llausha | Lauša | 2744 |
Lubavec | Ljubovac | 754 |
Makërmal | Makrmalj | 692 |
Marina | 562 | |
Mikushnica | Mikušnica | 643 |
Murga | 255 | |
Pemishta | Padalište | 390 |
Plluzhina | Plužina | 732 |
Polaca | Poljance | 2701 |
Prekaz i Epërm | Gornje Prekaze | 2126 |
Prekaz i Poshtëm | Donje Prekaze | 1091 |
Prelloc | Prelovac | 302 |
Radisheva | Radiševo | 129 |
Rakinica | Rakitnica | 774 |
Rezalla | Rezala | 1878 |
Runik | Rudnik | 1586 |
Skënderaj | Srbica | 6612 |
Syrigana | Suvo Grlo | 308 |
Tërnac | Trnavce | 650 |
Tica | 543 | |
Turiçec | Turićevac | 557 |
Tushila | Tušilje | 420 |
Vajnik | Voćnjak | 1565 |
Vitak | 555 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kosovo censuses. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved January 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved January 21, 2018 .
- ^ Religious composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved January 21, 2018 .
- ^ Kuvendi i Komunës (municipal council). (No longer available online.) Official website of Skënderaj Municipality, archived from the original on January 30, 2017 ; Retrieved May 21, 2013 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Results of the elections to the municipal councils in Kosovo in 2009. (No longer available online.) Central Election Commission of Kosovo, archived from the original on November 1, 2013 ; Retrieved on May 21, 2013 (Albanian, PDF file, 282 kB). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Mayor of Skenderaj congratulates the new year 2018. Accessed January 15, 2018 (Albanian).