Skënderaj
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Skënderaj / Skënderaji 1 Srbica / Србица 2 |
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 Kosovo 3
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| District : | Mitrovica | ||||
| Municipality : | Skënderaj | ||||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 45 ' N , 20 ° 47' E | ||||
| Residents : | 6,612 (2011) | ||||
| Telephone code : | +383 (0) 285 | ||||
| Postal code : | 41000 | ||||
| License plate : | 02 | ||||
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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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Skënderaj [ ˌskənˈdɛˑɾaj ] ( Albanian also Skënderaji , Serbian Србица Srbica ) is a city and the official seat of the municipality of the same name in northern Kosovo .
etymology
The Albanian name of the city, Skënderaj , is said to be derived from Gjergj Kastrioti (1405–1468), called Skënderbeu or Skanderbeg (in German "Lord / Prince Alexander"), who made a name for himself as a fighter against the Ottomans in the late Middle Ages and is celebrated today by the Albanians as a national hero.
The Serbian name of the city, Srbica , is formed from the root word srb ("Serbe") and the ending -ica , a typical place name ending or suffix with Slavic origin. In today's sense it means “Serbian place”.
geography
Skënderaj is located in the middle of the hilly Drenica landscape in the north of the country at an average altitude of 600 meters above sea level. The capital Pristina is about 50 kilometers to the southeast. The main city of northern Kosovo , Mitrovica , is 25 kilometers to the northeast.
The Klina , a left tributary of the White Drin , flows through the city and then enters the Metochien plain (Albanian Dukagjin , Serbian Метохија / Metohija ).
The large municipality of Skënderaj covers an area of 378 square kilometers; the highest point is the Qyqavica with 1117 meters above sea level. The region has a continental climate .
In the neighboring places in the east and south-east, more precisely in Prekaz and Polac , large coal deposits were found according to scientific soil investigations in 1983/84. At a depth of ten to 15 meters there is a coal reserve of 7 million tons.
population
The population of the city itself is 6612 according to the 2011 census.
The ethnic distribution in 2011 was as follows:
| Ethnic group | Urban area | Municipal area |
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| Albanians | 6,582 | 50,685 (99.66%) |
| Serbs | 0 | 50 (0.1%) |
| Bosniaks | 17th | 42 (0.08%) |
| Ashkali | 0 | 10 (0.02%) |
| Other / No answer | 13 | 71 (0.14%) |
| Total population | 6,612 | 50,858 (100%) |
| census | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2011 |
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| Residents | 396 | 717 | 1009 | 1658 | 2921 | 4962 | 6612 |
administration
The institutions of the municipality of Skënderaj are responsible for the administration, all of which are located in the city.
Town twinning
Skënderaj has a town partnership with Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg .
economy
Agriculture employs most of the people, although mostly subsistence farming is practiced. The economy is largely driven by small private businesses, especially shops and restaurants. According to the OSCE report from January 2013, 810 self-employed people are registered in Skënderaj. There are also two privatized factories, a brick factory and a flour mill that employ several hundred people. Another, rather small part of the workforce is employed in the city administration. There are no official figures on the unemployment rate.
media
Radio Drenica is the largest radio station in the Drenica region.
Sports
The local soccer club KF Drenica currently plays in the highest league, the Raiffeisen Superliga .
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Azem Galica (1889–1924), politician and freedom fighter from the Rilindja
- Tahir Meha (1943–1981), political activist
- Kaqusha Jashari (* 1946), politician
- Flora Brovina (* 1949), human and women's rights activist
- Hamez Jashari (1950-1998), sub-commander of the KLA and brother of Adem Jashari
- Aziz Islamaj (* 1952), sculptor
- Adem Jashari (1955–1998), co-founder and most important figure of the UÇK
- Ilir Shaqiri (* 1960), folk singer
- Hashim Thaçi (* 1968), politician and first Prime Minister of Kosovo since 2008
- Leonora Jakupi (* 1979), pop singer
- Përparim Hetemaj (* 1986), football player
- Fortesa Hoti (* 1988), actress
- Ylli Sallahi (* 1994), soccer player
Honorary citizen of the city
- Erhard Bühler (* 1956), KFOR commander between 2010 and 2011
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geography. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 20, 2012 ; Retrieved November 10, 2012 (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.
- ↑ Kosovo Census 2011 (PDF; 4.1 MB), p. 143
- ↑ Kosovo censuses. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Njoftim nga Zyra Komunale në Skënderaj: Kryetari i Skënderajt Sami Lushtaku qëndroi për vizitë në Sigmaringen të RF të Gjermanisë (notice the town hall in Skenderaj: Mayor Sami Lushtaku visited Sigmaringen in the Federal Republic of Germany) ( Memento of 24 January 2013 Internet Archive )
- ↑ Radio Drenica website. Retrieved November 10, 2012 (Albanian).
