Kotorr, Kosovo

Kotorr
Kotorr; Kotorr (Albanian); Которе/Kotore (Serbian);
	Village
	Kotorr Location in Kosovo
	Coordinates: 42°48′04″N 20°44′35″E
Location	Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
District	Mitrovicë
Municipality	Skënderaj
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	279
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

Kotorr (in Albanian) or Kotore (in Serbian: Которе) is a village in Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] located in the town-municipality of Skenderaj/Srbica and in the District of Mitrovica. According to the 2011 census, it had 279 inhabitants, all of whom were Albanian.

Kotorr

Geography

The village is located on the north side of the Pec-Mitrovica road, some 8 kilometres north-west of Skenderaj/Srbica.[2]

History

The village was mentioned in the 1455 Ottoman defter (tax registry) of the conquered lands of Vuk Branković.[2] It had 33 Serbian households served by priest Vladislav.[2] The village had an old church, of which only micro-toponyms exist today: "Church" (sr. Crkva, sq. Kisha), and "Church Valley" (sr. Crkveni do, sq. Lugu i Kishës).[2][3]

After the Kosovo War, during the presence of the NATO-led peacekeeping Kosovo Force, two houses belonging to Serbs were burnt down and one house was illegally occupied.[4]

Demographics

Historical population of Kotorr, Kosovo
(Source: [5])
Year	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2011
Population	401	422	422	430	494	516	279

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.

References

2011 Kosovo Census results
Алексей Лидов (2007). Косово: Ортходокс херитаже анд контемпорары катастрофе. Индрик. p. 289.
Gojko Subotić (1997). Terra Sacra: L'Arte Del Cossovo. Jaca Book. ISBN 978-88-16-60198-7.
Zoran Andjelković; Center for Peace and Tolerance (2000). Days of terror: in the presence of the international forces. Center for peace and tolerance. pp. 105, 154. Kotore, Srbica
"Evolution of the population 1948-2011". http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-census-ks.htm. Retrieved 14 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)

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[status-1] 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.

[2] 2011 Kosovo Census results

[Лидов2007-3] Алексей Лидов (2007). Косово: Ортходокс херитаже анд контемпорары катастрофе. Индрик. p. 289.

[Subotić1997-4] Gojko Subotić (1997). Terra Sacra: L'Arte Del Cossovo. Jaca Book. ISBN 978-88-16-60198-7.

[AndjelkovićTolerance2000-5] Zoran Andjelković; Center for Peace and Tolerance (2000). Days of terror: in the presence of the international forces. Center for peace and tolerance. pp. 105, 154. Kotore, Srbica

[6] "Evolution of the population 1948-2011". http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-census-ks.htm. Retrieved 14 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)