Zllakuqan

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Zllakuqan / Zllakuqani 1
Zlokućane / Злокућане 2
Zllakuqan does not have a coat of arms
Zllakuqan (Kosovo)
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Basic data
State : KosovoKosovo Kosovo 3
District : Peja
Municipality : Klina
Coordinates : 42 ° 40 ′  N , 20 ° 32 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 39 ′ 45 ″  N , 20 ° 32 ′ 21 ″  E
Residents : 660 (2011)
License plate : 03
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.

Zllakuqan ( Albanian  also  Zllakuqani , Serbian Злокућане Zlokućane ) is a place in Kosovo that belongs to the municipality of Klina .

geography

Zllakuqan is located on the Gjyrakovc – Klina road, about four kilometers northwest of the town of Klina . The White Drin flows through the village .

population

St. John's Church in Zllakuqan

Zllakuqan is almost exclusively inhabited by Catholic Albanians. The 2011 census recorded 660 inhabitants, of which 658 (99.70%) described themselves as Albanians ; no data is available for two people. 657 people (99.55%) declared themselves Catholics and one person as Muslim .

Population development
census 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2011
Residents 518 570 685 855 1031 1151 660

Infrastructure

The primary school in the village is named after Shtjefën Gjeçovi .

A Catholic church consecrated to John the Baptist (alb. Kisha e Shën Gjon Pagëzuesit ) is located on the main road through the town. Zllakuqan is also called "Little Rome of Kosovo" because of the high proportion of Catholics. Many well-known authors and pastors have their beginnings in Zllakuqan, including the Albanian author Bardhec Don Ben Zymi .

In Zllakuqan there is the so-called Pishina-Europark, a large swimming and amusement park. This swimming pool, built in 2006, a replica of the Uzwil swimming pool , is mainly visited by people from Zllakuqan and Klina.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2017 .
  2. ^ Religious composition of Kosovo 2011. Accessed December 20, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Kosovo censuses. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Gail Warrander, Verena Knaus: Kosovo (=  Bradt travel guides ). Bradt Travel Guides, Chalfont St. Peter 2007, ISBN 978-1-84162-199-9 , p. 166 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  5. ↑ There are two Uzwiler Badi. In: Wiler Zeitung . July 31, 2013, p. 37.