Likoshan

Likoshan / Likoshani 1 Likošane / Ликошане 2
Basic data
State :	Kosovo 3
Municipality :	Drenas
Coordinates :	42 ° 42 '  N , 20 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 41 '43 "  N , 20 ° 54' 53"  E
Height :	668  m above sea level A.
Residents :	600 (2011)
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.

Likoshan ( Albanian  also  Likoshani , Serbian Ликошане Likošane ) is a village in the municipality of Drenas in central Kosovo .

history

During the Kosovo War of 1998/1999, the surrounding region of Drenica was the stronghold of the UÇK fighters. On February 28 and March 1, 1998, militarily equipped Serbian police forces penetrated Likoshan and the neighboring village of Qirez / Čirez. The localities were taken under constant fire with army helicopters and armored vehicles. 25 Albanians and four Serbian police officers died in the fierce firefights.

population

The 2011 census recorded exactly 600 inhabitants for Likoshan, all of them (100%) Albanians .

Population development

census	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2011
Residents	373	383	460	611	781	971	600

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jakup Krasniqi : 17 vjet nga krimi serb në Likoshan e Qirez (17 years since the Serbian crime in Likoshan and Qirez). (No longer available online.) In: Epoka e Re . February 28, 2015, archived from the original on April 9, 2015 ; Retrieved on April 4, 2015 (Albanian, speech given at the Monument Academy in Gllogoc). 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.  
2. ↑ Popullsia e komunës së Gllogocit sipas vendbanimit, gjinisë dhe etnicitetit 2011. Statistics Agency of Kosovo, accessed on May 19, 2017 (Albanian). 
3. ↑ Kosovo censuses. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .