Hajvalia

Hajvali / Hajvalia 1 Ajvalija / Ајвалија 2
Basic data
State :	Kosovo 3
District :	Pristina
Municipality :	Pristina
Coordinates :	42 ° 37 '  N , 21 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 37 '14 "  N , 21 ° 10' 55"  E
Height :	623  m above sea level A.
Residents :	7,391 (2011)
Telephone code :	+383 (0) 038
Postal code :	10510
License plate :	01
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.

Hajvalia ( Albanian  also  Hajvali , Serbian Ајвалија Ajvalija ) is a village in Kosovo near the capital Pristina and belongs to its municipality .

geography

Hajvalia in the foreground on the left and Pristina in the background

Pristina is only around three kilometers away in the north. Other surrounding places are Gračanica in the south and Çagllavica in the west . To the east is Lake Badovac .

history

Hajvalia was founded in 1864 by Circassian immigrants. However, this ethnic group left Kosovo after a short time and settled in inner Turkey in 1877/1878 during the Serbian-Ottoman war . The field name Fusha e Çerkez′ve ("Circassian Field "), which is still preserved in the place, testifies to its former presence.

Immediately afterwards, Albanian refugees ( muhaxhir ) from the Toplica , who were expelled from Serbia during the war, settled here. Of the original 80 such families, half emigrated to Turkey after the Balkan War in 1913 , and a further part moved to surrounding villages. Then 33 families of Serb colonists from central Serbia and Montenegro settled in Hajvalia .

In 1953, the mining of mineral resources began right next to the site. The Hajvalia mine was in operation until 1990, but was then closed due to the financial and political situation in Kosovo. Today the mine is under water.

population

The 2011 census in the Republic of Kosovo found that 7,391 people lived in the village of Hajvalia. Of them, 7,339 (99.30%) were Albanians , 25 (0.34%) Turks , 6 Serbs and 3 Bosniaks . The remaining 18 people belonged to other ethnic groups or did not answer.

religion

According to the 2011 census, the majority of the 7,391 inhabitants, namely 7,335 people, are Muslim . 6 people declared themselves to be Orthodox Christians , 4 as Catholics , 3 of another faith and 2 as atheists . 41 people gave no answer.

Population development

census	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2011
Residents	436	757	1192	1696	3027	3962	7391

Sports

The KF Hajvalia , a football club that currently plays in the second highest league in Kosovo , is based in Hajvalia .

Personalities

• Mehedin Përgjegjaj (stage name "Meda"), Albanian singer
• Behgjet Pacolli , an eminent businessman and politician from Kosovo, lives in Hajvalia

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Skënder Gashi: Kërkime onomastike-historike për minoritete të shuara e Aktuell të Kosovës . Ed .: Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo. Focus Print, Pristina 2015, ISBN 978-9951-615-48-8 , p. 759 (Albanian, ashak.org [PDF]).
2. ^ Atanasije Urošević: Kosovo . Belgrade 1965, p. 139 f . ( scribd.com ).
3. ↑ Historiku. (No longer available online.) Trepça, archived from the original on August 2, 2018 ; Retrieved May 5, 2016 (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.  
4. ^ Raphael Krammer: Hajvalia-Kisnica. KOSRAIL, accessed on May 5, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved April 27, 2016 . 
6. ^ Religious composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved April 27, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Kosovo censuses. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved May 4, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Revista Kosovarja: Sipas google, Meda këngëtari më i popullarizuar shqiptar. (No longer available online.) In: www.kosovarja-ks.com. October 14, 2015, archived from the original on May 5, 2016 ; Retrieved on May 5, 2016 (Albanian): "nga Hajvalia" Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ Brenda shtëpisë 25 milionëshe të Pacollit në Hajvali (video) - Lajme - Bota Sot. In: Bota Sot. Retrieved April 27, 2016 .