Desivojca
Desivojcë
Desivojca | |
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Village | |
![]() View of Desivojca | |
Coordinates: 42°39′32″N 21°44′21″E / 42.65889°N 21.73917°E | |
Location | ![]() |
District | Gjilan |
Municipality | Kamenicë |
Area | |
• Total | 16.42 km2 (6.34 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 177 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Desivojca is a village in the municipality of Kamenica, in the east of Kosovo.[a] It has 16.41 km2 (6.34 sq mi) of land, 89 houses with 755 inhabitants (sources from 1995). It is about 50 km (31 mi) from Gjilan. The village has a primary school called "Kadri Zeka" and a mosque built in 1816. It is a center for surrounding villages.
Geography
In the north it borders with the village of Huruglica, in north-east it borders with the village of Terstena, in the east is situated the village of Zarbinca and Pribovc, from south-east, south and west it is enclosed with the Laqiq village and in north-west is situated the village of Veleglava. Desivojca is a hilly mountainous area, with beautiful landscapes and developed vegetation. A river called Desivojca flows amidst dividing the village in two parts.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Cipeli-1037m.jpg/220px-Cipeli-1037m.jpg)
The highest peaks in this village are:
- Drumi i Xheles (1,228 m or 4,029 ft),
- Rrafshi (1,157 m or 3,796 ft),
- Strajdeja (1,138 m or 3,734 ft),
- Maja e Zezë (1,094 m or 3,589 ft),
- Maja e Sreshnjes 1070m,
- Cipeli 1037m,
- and the lowest attitude in Desivojca is Mulliri i Robajve 660m.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Pamje_nga_Desivojca.jpg/220px-Pamje_nga_Desivojca.jpg)
Demographics
Desivojca has four main neighborhoods: Komani, Bunjaku, Padina and Zhigolli.
There are 12 main groups of families that live in Desivojca:
- Shkodra family,
- Bunjaku,
- Dragobuzhda,
- Mellova,
- Beshtica,
- Gurguroci,
- Gagica,
- Surdulli,
- Klaiqi
- Rukoci
- Bajraliu
- Robelli
Many inhabitants from this village now live in urban centers like Gjilan, Kamenica, Pristina,Ferizaj, etc.
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