Leposavić
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Leposaviq / Leposaviqi 1 (Albanik / Albaniku) Leposavić / Лепосавић 2 |
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 Kosovo 3
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| District : | Mitrovica | ||||
| Municipality : | Leposavić | ||||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 6 ' N , 20 ° 48' E | ||||
| Height : | 450 m above sea level A. | ||||
| Residents : | 3,702 (2009) | ||||
| Telephone code : | +383 (0) 28 | ||||
| Postal code : | 42000 | ||||
| License plate : | 02 ( RKS ), KM ( SRB ) | ||||
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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. |
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Leposavić ( Serbian - Cyrillic Лепосавић , Albanian Leposaviq or Leposaviqi or Albanik / -u ) is a small town and the seat of the municipality of the same name in northern Kosovo .
geography
The town of Leposavić is located in the Ibar valley north of Mitrovica . The municipality extends to the mountain ranges of Rogozna in the west and Kopaonik in the east and protrudes far into central Serbia .
history
Until 1959 Leposavić belonged to central Serbia and thus not to the province of Kosovo. The current municipality was formed in 1960 from the municipalities of Lešak, Leposavić and Ibarska Slatina. Leposavić is part of northern Kosovo, which is not controlled by Pristina .
population
According to an estimate from 2009, the municipality of Leposavić has 13,733 inhabitants, of which 3,702 live in the city. Most of the population are Serbs , only a few hundred Albanians live in the local community of Bistrica e Shalës in the south . There are also minorities of Bosniaks and Roma .
Community structure
The municipality includes a total of 72 localities, including Bare, Belo Brdo, Beluće, Berberište, Bistrica, Borcane, Borova, Ceranja, Ćirkoviće, Crnatovo, Crveni, Dobrava, Donje Isevo, Donji Krnjin, Dren, Gornji Krnjin, Graničane, Guvnište, Ibarsko Postenje, Jelakce, Kajkovo, Kamenica (Leposavić), Kijevcice, Koporiće, Košutovo, Kutnje, Leposavić, Lesak, Lozno, Majdevo, Miokoviće, Mošnica, Ostraće, Plakaonistrica, Potkomlatsidka, Slvatska, , Sočanica, Trebiće, Vračevo, Vuča and Zemanica.
The places are grouped into seven local communities.
economy
Until 1991, Leposavić was dominated by the mining and smelting companies of the " Trepča " combine, like the entire north of Kosovo . After the decline and closure of large parts of the group, the most important companies in the city are now smaller companies in the metal and wood processing industries. The surrounding villages are characterized by agriculture , which is the only source of income for most residents.
Infrastructure
education
A higher business school with around 500 students has been located in Leposavić since 1999 and was based in Peć before the Kosovo war .
In 2000, the Faculty of Physical Culture from Pristina (around 900 students) and the Pedagogical Faculty from Prizren (around 700 students) were moved to Leposavić, which are attached to the Serbian part of the University of Pristina in Mitrovica. In addition, the northernmost camp of the KFOR troops is located on the southern outskirts of the city on a hill. This camp is known as Camp " Nothing Hill " because of its remote location .
traffic
A Magjistral road and the railway line Kraljevo - Fushë Kosova run in the valley of the Ibar .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holm Sundhaussen; Yugoslavia and its Successor States 1943-2011: An Unusual History of the Ordinary; Böhlau Verlag Vienna / Cologne / Weimar, 2014, page 81
- ↑ Michel Roux: Controverses sur les frontières du Kosovo , in: Balkanologie, Vol. VII, n ° 2, December 2003, pp. 183–197.
- ↑ Istorija razvoja opstine Leposavic , site of the municipality Internet Archive
- ^ Ethnic composition of North Kosovo 2009. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved January 10, 2018 .