Banja, Mališevo
Banja (Albanian: Banjë;Serbian: Бања) is a village in municipality of Malisheva in Republic of Kosovo. The village has an area of 1305 ha. The village is named after a local spring with warm water that has healing properties. The toponym is of Serbian origin - banja (lit. spa).
Banjë | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Banjë Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42.464385°N 20.779106°E | |
| Location |  |
| District | Prizren |
| Municipality | Malishevë |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,639 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
History
It was first mentioned in 1348, in Holy Archangel charter of emperor Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia. Above the village there were two churches, which villagers called Kiša and Other Kiša.
Demography
| Demographics | |
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1948 | 942 |
| 1953 | 1036 |
| 1961 | 1252 |
| 1971 | 1707 |
| 1981 | 2349 |
| 1991 | 3099 |
| Ref: Federal Office of Statistics and Evidence of Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, census for 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. and 1991. | |
Notes
- 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 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.
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