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Bistrica e Shalës, Kosovo

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Bistrica e Shalës
Village
Bistrica e Shalës is located in Kosovo
Bistrica e Shalës
Bistrica e Shalës
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 43°0′54″N 20°49′30″E / 43.01500°N 20.82500°E / 43.01500; 20.82500
Location Kosovo
DistrictMitrovica
MunicipalityLeposaviq
Elevation
1,940 ft (590 m)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+383

Bistrica e Shalës (Albanian: Lumbardhi i Shalës; Serbian: Шаљска Бистрица, romanizedŠaljska Bistrica) is a settlement in the Leposavić municipality in northern Kosovo.

Name

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In 1986, the secondary name of Šaljska Bistrica was the Slavicised version "Bistrica e Shalës".[1] The name is linked with the Albanian Shala tribe.

Geography

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The village is located 12 km southeast from Leposavić, below the Kopaonik.[2] The settlement lies on both sides of the middle flow of the Bistrica, a right tributary of Ibar. The settlement is of the scattered type (razbijenog tipa), and its cadastral area includes 787 hectares.

History

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The toponym Crkvište is used for the area of the church ruins.[2][3]

Demographics

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The village is inhabited by an ethnic Albanian majority.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Hashim Islami (1986). Arhivski fondovi i zbirke u arhivima i arhivskim odeljenjima u SFRJ: SAP Kosovo. Vol. 9. Savez arhivskih radnika Jugoslavije. p. 135.
  2. ^ a b Kalezić 2002, p. 197.
  3. ^ Gojko Subotić (1998). Art of Kosovo: the sacred land. Monacelli Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-58093-006-2.
  4. ^ "Municipal Profile 2018 Mitrovica Region Leposaviq" (PDF). osce.org. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

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