Kosovo Polje
Fushë Kosova (definite Albanian form: Fushë Kosovë), or Kosovo Polje (Serbian Cyrillic: Косово Поље, "Kosovo Field"), is a town and municipality located in the District of Prishtina in central Kosovo.[lower-alpha 1] According to the 2011 census, the town of Fushë Kosova has 12,919 inhabitants, while the municipality has 33,977 inhabitants, a number continuously on the rise.
Fushë Kosova
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Town and municipality | |
 Railway station, March 2010 | |
 Emblem | |
 Location of the municipality of Kosovo Polje within Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°38′N 21°5′E | |
| Country | Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] |
| District | District of Pristina |
| Villages | 18 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Burim Berisha |
| • Municipal | 83 km2 (32 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 543 m (1,781 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Urban | 12,919 |
| • Municipal | 33,997 |
| • Municipal density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 12000 |
| Area code(s) | +383 38 |
| Car plates | 01 |
| Website | kk |
Geography
The town is located in central Kosovo, some 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) southwest of Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. It is served by the Fushë Kosovë railway station.
History
Fushë Kosova was named after the Kosovo Field of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo. The settlement of Fushë Kosova was established in 1921 during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (see Colonisation of Kosovo).[1]
Prior to the 1999 Kosovo War, the town of Fushë Kosova had, according to the figures of the Federal Statistical Office in Belgrade from March 1991, a total population of 35,570 inhabitants, while the ethnic makeup was 56.6% Albanian, 23.7% Serb and 19.6% from other communities.[2]
In the city suburbs there is the Multinational Specialized Unit base. Part of KFOR, the unit is composed entirely by Italian Carabinieri.
Economy
There are two magnesium mines operating on the territory of Kosovo Polje: Goleš and Strezovce.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 8,041 | — |
| 1953 | 9,288 | +2.93% |
| 1961 | 12,286 | +3.56% |
| 1971 | 20,889 | +5.45% |
| 1981 | 29,805 | +3.62% |
| 1991 | 35,570 | +1.78% |
| 2011 | 34,827 | −0.11% |
| 2016 est. | 37,048 | +1.24% |
| Source: Division of Kosovo | ||
According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Kosovo Polje has 34,827 inhabitants. Based on the population estimates from the Kosovo Agency of Statistics in 2016, the municipality has 37,591 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups
The ethnic composition of the municipality:
| Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Albanians | % | Serbs | % | Ashkali | % | Roma | % | Other | % | Total |
| 1991[3] | 20,142 | 56.6 | 8,445 | 23.7 | 6,983 | 19.6 | 35,570 | ||||
| 1998 | 23,600 | 59 | 9,600 | 24 | 40,000 | ||||||
| June 2000 | 34,000 | 84 | 4,000 | 10 | 2,600 | 6.4 | 300 | 0.7 | 60 | 0.14 | 40,500 |
| April 2002[4] | 34,000 | 85 | 3,239 | 8 | 2,259 | 5.6 | 388 | 1 | 21 | 0.05 | 40,000 |
| 2011[5] | 30,275 | 86.9 | 321 | 0.9 | 3,230 | 9.3 | 436 | 1,3 | 565 | 1.6 | 34,827 |
Annotations
- The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, it is formally recognised as an independent state by 97 UN member states (with another 15 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.
References
- Pavlović, Aleksandar. "Prostorni raspored Srba i Crnogoraca kolonizovanih na Kosovo i Metohiju u periodu između 1918. i 1941. godine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-26.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Brunborg, Helge (14 August 2002). "Report on the size and ethnic composition of the population of Kosovo", p. 9. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- Brunborg, Helge (14 August 2002). "Report on the size and ethnic composition of the population of Kosovo" (PDF). p. 9. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- OSCE (April 2002). "OSCE municipal profile of Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje - April 2002". OSCE. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06.
- "FUSHË KOSOVË/KOSOVO POLJE MUNICIPAL PROFILE March 2014". OSCE Mission in Kosovo. March 2014. p. 1. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
External links
Media related to Fushë Kosova at Wikimedia Commons
