Baks, Skenderaj
Baks
Бакс | |
|---|---|
Settlement | |
| Country | Kosovo[a] |
| District | Kosovska Mitrovica |
| Municipality | Skenderaj |
| Elevation | 2,300 ft (700 m) |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 1,044 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +381 290 |
| Car plates | 02 |
Baks is a settlement in the Skenderaj (Srbica) municipality in the disputed region of Kosovo. It lies 680–700 m over sea level.[1] The village is exclusively inhabited by ethnic Albanians; in the 1991 census, it had 1044 inhabitants.
Geography
It lies in the hilly region of Drenica, on the western slopes of Čičavica, six km southeast from Skenderaj.[2]
History
There exist stone engravings from the village, of unknown age.[3] The microtoponyms of Crkve and Crkveni (meaning "churches, ecclesiastical" in Serbian) do indicate that there was once a church in the village.[2][4] According to Serbian writer Dimitrije Kalezić the village was formerly exclusively inhabited by ethnic Serbs.[2]
The ethnic Albanian separatist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) had by 1997 such presence in Drenica that the Serbian government considered it the hotbed of "Albanian terrorism".[5] The nearby village of Donje Prekaze was the home to KLA leader Adem Jashari, who was killed together with most of his family in the Attack on Prekaz.[5] During the Kosovo War, in late March 1999, Serb military forces undertook an offensive throughout Skenderaj.[6] Villages were shelled and inhabitants of several villages, including Baks, fled to Ćirez.[6] Men from the village were captured by Serb police during operations in Glogovac and Skenderaj.[7]
| Ethnic group | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981[8] | 1991 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanians | 881 | |||||
| Others | 1 | |||||
| Total[9] | 732 | 587 | 628 | 688 | 882 | 1044 |
Economy
The village is primarily of livestock farming.[1]
Annotations
References
- ^ a b Srboljub Đ Stamenković (2002). Географска енциклопедиjа населjа Србиjе: С-Ш. Географски факултет. p. 73. ISBN 978-86-82657-21-7.
Бакс
- ^ a b c Dimitrije M. Kalezić (2002). Enciklopedija pravoslavlja. Savremena administracija. p. 126.
БАКС. У данашььем арбанашком, некада чисто срп- ском селу, на западним падинама планине Чичавице, шест километара неточно од Србице. локалитети Црква и Црквени До докази су за то да су ту посто^али стари фиски храмови.
- ^ Gail Warrander; Verena Knaus (2010). Kosovo. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-84162-331-3.
- ^ Gojko Subotić (2006). L'art médiéval du Kosovo. Thalia. p. 241. ISBN 978-2-35278-008-3.
BAKS (Srbica), les microtoponymes de Crkva et Crkveni do indiquent qu'il existait jadis une eglise dans le village.
- ^ a b Krieger 2001, p. 93.
- ^ a b Krieger 2001, p. 56.
- ^ Krieger 2001, p. 58.
- ^ 1981 Census, Kosovo (Preliminary)
- ^ Kosovo censuses 1948–1991
Sources
- Krieger, Heike (2001). The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974-1999. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-80071-6.
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