Kotorr
Kotorr Kosovรซ | |
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Village | |
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  Kotorr Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42ยฐ48โฒ04โณN 20ยฐ44โฒ35โณE๏ปฟ / ๏ปฟ42.80111ยฐN 20.74306ยฐE | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Mitrovicรซ |
| Municipality | Skรซnderaj |
| Population ย (2024)[1] | |
ย โขย Total | 119 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Kotorr (in Albanian) is a village in Kosovo located in the town-municipality of Skenderaj and in the District of Mitrovica. According to the 2024 census, it had 119 inhabitants, all of whom were Albanian.[1]
Geography
editThe village is located on the north side of the Peja-Mitrovica road, some 8 kilometres north-west of Skenderaj.[2]
History
editThe village has been inhabited since late antiquity. In the south western part of the village the archeological locality of Kotorr Fortress (Albanian Gradina e Kotorrit) is situated, which based on the archeological findings, it goes back to 4th-5th century AD.[3]
Kotorr was mentioned in the 1455 Ottoman defter (tax registry) of the conquered lands of Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu.[2] The village had an old church, of which only micro-toponyms exist today: "Church" ( Kisha), and "Church Valley" (Lugu i Kishรซs).[2][4]
After the Kosovo War, during the presence of the NATO-led peacekeeping Kosovo Force, two houses belonging to Serbs were burnt down and one house was illegally occupied.[5]
Demographics
edit| Year | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 401 | 422 | 422 | 430 | 494 | 516 | 279 |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Popullsia sipas gjinisรซ, etnicitetit dhe vendbanimit" [Population by gender, ethnicity, and place of residence] (PDF) (in Albanian). Prishtinรซ: Kosovo Agency of Statistics. July 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c ะะปะตะบัะตะน ะะธะดะพะฒ (2007). ะะพัะพะฒะพ: ะััั ะพะดะพะบั ั ะตัะธัะฐะถะต ะฐะฝะด ะบะพะฝัะตะผะฟะพัะฐัั ะบะฐัะฐัััะพัะต. ะะฝะดัะธะบ. p.ย 289. ISBNย 9785857593943.
- ^ Hoxhaj, Vesel (2013). HARTA ARKEOLOGJIKE E KOSOVES II (2ย ed.). Prishtinรซ: Instituti Arkeologjik i Kosovรซs. pp.ย 108/109. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Gojko Subotiฤ (1997). Terra Sacra: L'Arte Del Cossovo. Jaca Book. ISBNย 978-88-16-60198-7.
- ^ Zoran Andjelkoviฤ; Center for Peace and Tolerance (2000). Days of terror: in the presence of the international forces. Center for peace and tolerance. pp.ย 105, 154.
Kotore, Srbica
- ^ "Evolution of the population 1948-2011". pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-census-ks.htm. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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