Merdare

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Мердаре Merdare
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Basic data
State :	Serbia
Okrug :	Toplica
Opština :	Kuršumlija
Coordinates :	42 ° 56 '  N , 21 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 56 '15 "  N , 21 ° 16' 25"  E
Residents :	139 (2002)
Telephone code :	(+381) 027
Postal code :	18445
License plate :	PK
Structure and administration
Community type:	Village

Merdare ( Serbian - Cyrillic Мердаре ) is a village in the Opština Kuršumlija in the Okrug Toplica in Serbia . A few meters further is the international border crossing Merdare to the Republic of Kosovo .

history

When the border was drawn in 1878, what was then Merdare was divided by Serbia and the Ottoman Empire . This division resulted in two villages with the same name in two different countries. Today there is also a Merdare on the Kosovar Albanian side, a few meters away.

population

133 of the inhabitants claimed to be Muslim Albanians and 6 as Orthodox Serbs in the 2002 census .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Following pressure from the EU, Serbia and Kosovo open joint border posts Tagesschau 10 December 2012
2. ↑ Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003, ISBN 86-84433-00-9 (Croatian)