Zhur
Zhur
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Village | |
  Zhur Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°10′1″N 20°36′47″E / 42.16694°N 20.61306°E | |
| Country | Kosovo |
| Municipality | Prizren Municipality |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,909 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Zhur (or Zhuri, serbian: Жур/Žur) is a village in Prizren Municipality in southwest Kosovo[a].
History
After the Kingdom of Serbia conquered Kosovo in the first Balkan War (1912) Serbia arranged a Military Administration named Žur. The municipality was part of the Srez (serb. Šar) of the Okrug Prizren. This administrative subdivision lastet till January 6, 1929, after the area was made part of the Vardar Banovina in the Kingdom Yugoslavia.[1]
Geography
Zhur is located in southwestern Kosovo, five kilometer east of Morina in Albania and eight Kilometers west of Prizren. Neighbouring villages are Shkoza in the west, Poslishta and Billusha in the east. The mountain landscape of the Koritnik starts south of the village.
The M-25 goes directly through the village and the R7 passes north of the village.
Climate
| Climate data for Zhur/Žur (1982-2012) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C | 3.4 | 6.4 | 11.6 | 16.4 | 21.8 | 25.5 | 27.9 | 28 | 24.1 | 17.3 | 9.9 | 4.9 | 16.5 |
| Mean daily minimum °C | −2.8 | −0.6 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 10.3 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 11.8 | 7.4 | 3.1 | −0.8 | 6.8 |
| Average rainfall mm | 83 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 81 | 55 | 49 | 47 | 68 | 86 | 108 | 98 | 894 |
| Mean daily maximum °F | 38.1 | 43.5 | 52.9 | 61.5 | 71.2 | 77.9 | 82.2 | 82 | 75.4 | 63.1 | 49.8 | 40.8 | 61.7 |
| Mean daily minimum °F | 27.0 | 30.9 | 36.3 | 43.2 | 50.5 | 56.8 | 59.7 | 59.2 | 53.2 | 45.3 | 37.6 | 30.6 | 44.2 |
| Average rainfall inches | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 35.2 |
| Source: [2] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1919 | 1304 |
| 1948 | 1926 |
| 1953 | 2019 |
| 1961 | 2348 |
| 1971 | 3214 |
| 1981 | 4353 |
| 1991 | 5230 |
| 2011 | 5909 |
Zhur is the biggest Village in Kosovo with a population of 5,909. Of these, 5,897 are Albanians and six Bosniaks.[5]
Religion
5,903 are Muslims, one Catholic and one had a different religion.[6]
Notes
| a. | ^ Template:Kosovo-note |
References
- ^ Agimi. "Ndarja administrative në Qarkun e Prizrenit - në vitin 1919". Retrieved June 4, 2017.
- ^ "Klima & Wetter in Zhur". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ "Ndarja Administrative ne Qarkun e Prizrenit - ne Vitin 1919". Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ Tim Bespyatov. "Kosovo Census". Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ "Popullsia e komunës së Prizrenit sipas vendbanimit, gjinisë dhe etnicitetit 2011" (in Albanian). Statistikagentur des Kosovo. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ Tim Bespyatov. "Religious composition of Kosovo 2011". Retrieved May 24, 2017.