Mališevo

Mališevo
Municipality
Albanian: Malishevë / Malisheva
Serbian: Малишево / Mališevo
Mališevo

Location in Kosovo

Coordinates: 42°28′58″N 20°44′45″E / 42.48278°N 20.74583°E / 42.48278; 20.74583
Country Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
District District of Prizren
Government
 • Mayor Reqip Beqaj [1]
Area
 • Total 306 km2 (118 sq mi)
Elevation 538 m (1,765 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Total 56,889
 • Density 190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 24000
Area code(s) +381
Car plates 04
Website Municipality of Mališevo
Not to be confused with Mališevo/Malishevë, a village in the District of Gjilan.

Mališevo or Malishevë (Albanian Malishevë or Malisheva; Serbian: Малишево) is a town and municipality in the Prizren District of central Kosovo.[lower-alpha 1] The town itself has approximately 2,300 inhabitants while the municipality has an estimated 56,889 inhabitants.

History

The population of the town has historically been predominantly ethnic Albanian. The town was largely destroyed by Serbian forces in 1998. Town residents only returned following the 1998 withdrawal of Serbian paramilitary police and military, in response to international pressures.[2]

The town became a stronghold for the ethnically Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army during the Kosovo War in 1999. The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) formally re-established the municipality of Mališevo in July 2000. During the war, a number of atrocities were committed by both Albanian and Yugoslav forces. One such incident occurred in Mališevo, the execution of no fewer than seven Serbian men, named the Mališevo Massacre. The UN-run Office on Missing Persons and Forensics began the excavations at the site in May 2005.

Demographics

Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs
Year/Population Albanians  % Roma  % Total
January 1999 60,411 N/A 45 60,456
February 2005 65,500 99.9 200.01App. 65,520
Ref: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)

See also

Notes and references

Notes:

  1. 1 2 Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References

  1. ↑ http://kk.rks-gov.net/malisheve/Municipality/President.aspx
  2. ↑ Julius Strauss, "Albanian refugees nervously return to their Kosovo homes as Serbian troops pull out". Daily Telegraph via the National Post, October 28, 1998, p. A12.
 
Largest cities or towns in Kosovo
2015 estimate
Rank Name Districts Pop. Rank Name Districts Pop.

Pristina

Prizren		 1 Pristina Pristina 210,722 11 Glogovac (Drenas) Pristina 61,522
Ferizaj (Uroševac)

Peć
2 Prizren Prizren 186,860 12 Lipljan Pristina 60,517
3 Ferizaj (Uroševac) Ferizaj (Uroševac) 114,087 13 Orahovac Gjakova 59,021
4 Peć Peć 100,081 14 Mališevo Prizren 58,198
5 Gjakova Gjakova 98,240 15 Skenderaj (Srbica) Mitrovica 52,951
6 Gjilan Gjilan 93,291 16 Vitina Gjilan 48,861
7 Podujevo Pristina 91,642 17 Deçan Peć 41,523
8 Mitrovica Mitrovica 85,910 18 Istok Peć 40,935
9 Vučitrn Mitrovica 72,780 19 Klina Peć 40,675
10 Suva Reka Prizren 62,913 20 Kosovo Polje (Fushë Kosova) Pristina 38,265

Coordinates: 42°28′58″N 20°44′45″E / 42.48278°N 20.74583°E / 42.48278; 20.74583

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