Morina (Kosovo)

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Morinë / Morina 1
Morina / Морина 2
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Morina (Kosovo) (Kosovo)
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Basic data
State : KosovoKosovo Kosovo 3
District : Gjakova
Municipality : Gjakova
Coordinates : 42 ° 24 '  N , 20 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 24 '30 "  N , 20 ° 15' 44"  E
Height : 492  m above sea level A.
Residents : 189 (2011)
Telephone code : +383 (0) 380
License plate : 07
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.

Morina ( Albanian  also  Morinë , Serbian - Cyrillic Морина ) is a village in western Kosovo that belongs to the municipality of Gjakova .

geography

Morina is located on the edge of the Albanian Alps south of the Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park at an altitude of around 500  m. i. J. The Albanian border with the crossing at Qafa e Morinës (Morina Pass) is around five kilometers to the west. About 18 kilometers to Gjakova via the M-9.1 , which passes the village a little south.

population

development
year Residents
1948 337
1953 394
1961 473
1971 565
1981 680
1991 653
2011 189

The 2011 census found Morina to have a population of 189. The entire population stated to be Albanian .

The 189 people declared themselves Muslims.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tim Bespyatov: Kosovo census. In: Population statistics of Eastern Europe. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Tim Bespyatov: Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. In: Population statistics of Eastern Europe. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Tim Bespyatov: Religious composition of Kosovo 2011. In: Population statistics of Eastern Europe. Retrieved May 20, 2017 (English).