Velika Kruša
Krushë e Madhe (Serbian: Velika Kruša) is a village in the Rahovec municipality of western Kosovo.[lower-alpha 1] With a population of around 7,000, it is the second largest village in Kosovo.[2] During the Kosovo War, the village was a stronghold of the Kosovo Liberation Army.[3] On 25 March 1999, it was the site of a massacre by the Army of Serbia and Montenegro in which 205 Kosovo Albanian civilians were killed.[4]
Krushë e Madhe
Velika Kruša | |
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Village | |
  Krushë e Madhe Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Location |  Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] |
| District | Gjakova |
| Municipality | Rahovec |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,473 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Notes
- 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
- 2011 Kosovo Census results
- Krusha e Madhe themelon kooperativën bujqësore, Koha.NET - Arkivi. (n.d.).
- "Case Study: Velika Krusa". BBC News. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- Kandić, Nataša (2011-09-30). "The Kosovo Memory Book 1998-2000". Humanitarian Law Center. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
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