Šaljska Bistrica
Šaljska Bistrica (Serbian Cyrillic: Шаљска Бистрица, Albanian: Bistrica e Shalës) is a settlement in the Leposavić municipality in northern Kosovo.
Bistrica e Shalës | |
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Village | |
  Bistrica e Shalës Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 43°0′54″N 20°49′30″E | |
| Location |  Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] |
| District | Mitrovica |
| Municipality | Leposaviq |
| Elevation | 1,940 ft (590 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +383 |
Name
In 1986, the secondary name of Šaljska Bistrica was the Slavicised version "Bistrica e Shalës".[1] The name is linked with the Albanian Shala tribe.
Geography
The village is located 12 km southeast from Leposavić, below the Kopaonik.[2] The settlement lies on both sides of the middle flow of the Bistrica, a right tributary of Ibar. The settlement is of the scattered type (razbijenog tipa), and its cadastral area includes 787 hectares.
Demographics
The village is inhabited by an ethnic Albanian majority.
Notes
- The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as a sovereign state by 101 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 92 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own territory.
References
- Hashim Islami (1986). Arhivski fondovi i zbirke u arhivima i arhivskim odeljenjima u SFRJ: SAP Kosovo. Vol. 9. Savez arhivskih radnika Jugoslavije. p. 135.
- Kalezić 2002, p. 197.
- Gojko Subotić (1998). Art of Kosovo: the sacred land. Monacelli Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-58093-006-2.
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