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Dobrosin

Coordinates: 42°26′58″N 21°38′10″E / 42.44944°N 21.63611°E / 42.44944; 21.63611
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Dobrosin
Village
Country Serbia
DistrictPčinja District
MunicipalityBujanovac
Population
 (2002)
 • Total747
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Dobrosin (Serbian Cyrillic: Добросин, Albanian: Dobrosini) is a village in the municipality of Bujanovac, in southern Serbia.

Geography

The village is located on the administrative border with Kosovo, some 16 kilometres from Bujanovac.[1]

History

After the Kosovo War (1998–99), a demilitarized zone was established between Kosovo (governed by United Nations) and inner Serbia and Montenegro, which included Dobrosin. The Albanian paramilitary organization Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac was formed in the village in early January 2000.[1] It sought the unification of Albanian-inhabited Preševo Valley with the Republic of Kosovo, leading an insurgency between 12 June 1999–1 June 2001.

In 2012, three attacks were made on the Serbian border police station at Dobrosin.[1]

Demographics

The village is inhabited by a majority of ethnic Albanians.

  • 2002 census: the town had a population of 747 people.[2]
  • 1991 census: the town had a population of 1029 people.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Хапшење због напада у Добросину".
  2. ^ Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9

42°26′58″N 21°38′10″E / 42.44944°N 21.63611°E / 42.44944; 21.63611