Mališevo

Mališevo
Малишево/Mališevo  (Serbian)
Malisheva or Malishevë  (Albanian)
Town and municipality

Location of the municipality of Mališevo within Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°28′58″N 20°44′45″E / 42.48278°N 20.74583°E / 42.48278; 20.74583
Country Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
District District of Prizren
Government
 • Mayor Reqip Beqaj
 • Municipal 306 km2 (118 sq mi)
Elevation 538 m (1,765 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Urban 3,395
 • Municipal 54,613
 • Municipal density 180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 24000
Area code(s) +381
Car plates 04
Website kk.rks-gov.net/malisheve

Mališevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Малишево) or Malisheva (Albanian: Malishevë), is a town and municipality located in the Prizren District of Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]. According to the 2011 census, the town of Mališevo has 3,395 inhabitants, while the municipality has 54,613 inhabitants.

History

The population of the town has historically been predominantly ethnic Albanian. The town was largely destroyed by Serbian forces in 1998. Town residents only returned following the 1998 withdrawal of Serbian paramilitary police and military, in response to international pressures.[1]

The town became a stronghold for the ethnically Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army during the Kosovo War in 1999. The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) formally re-established the municipality of Mališevo in July 2000. During the war, a number of atrocities were committed by both Albanian and Yugoslav forces. One such incident occurred in Mališevo, the execution of no fewer than seven Serbian men, named the Mališevo Massacre. The UN-run Office on Missing Persons and Forensics began the excavations at the site in May 2005.

Economy

There is one gold mine operating on the territory of Mališevo - Trpeza.

Demographics

Municipal historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
201154,613—    
2016
est.		57,301+0.97%
Source: Division of Kosovo

According to the last official census done in 2011, the city of Mališevo has a population of 54,613 inhabitants. The municipality has ethnic Kosovo Albanians majority (54,501; 99.8%).

See also

Notes and references

Notes:

  1. 1 2 Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 113 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References

  1. ↑ Julius Strauss, "Albanian refugees nervously return to their Kosovo homes as Serbian troops pull out". Daily Telegraph via the National Post, October 28, 1998, p. A12.

Coordinates: 42°28′58″N 20°44′45″E / 42.48278°N 20.74583°E / 42.48278; 20.74583

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