Dumosh

Dumosh (Albanian; or Serbian: Dumoš) is a village located in northeastern Kosovo,[2] in the municipality of Podujevo.

Dumosh
Dumoš
Village
Dumosh is located in Kosovo
Dumosh
Dumosh
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°51′17″N 21°13′02″E
Location Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
DistrictPristina
MunicipalityPodujevo
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total1,207
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Demographics

The settlement in Dumosh is divided into several "mahalla" (quarters), such as Podvorica, Kutleshi, Maqastena, Visoka etc. The village has a total of 1207 inhabitants.[3]

Year Population [3]
1948 678
1953 755
1961 794
1971 949
1981 1.078
1991 1.141
2011 1207

Infrastructure

The village of Dumosh has a following infrastructure:

  • Airport (Batlava-Donja Penduha Airfield)
  • Elementary school (Shkolla fillore Musli Dumoshi)[4]
  • 2 grocery stores
  • Mosque (Xhamia e Dumoshit)
  • Cemetery
  • Internet Cafè
  • Barber shop
  • Bicycle service
  • Metalwarehouse
  • Soccer (football) field

Batlava Airport

Batlava Airport or Batlava-Donja Penduha Airfield, a Kosovo airport, is a former military airport in the village of Dumosh, near Lake Batlava and the towns of Batlava and Podujevo.

In 1936, Aeroput used the airport on the Belgrade-Podujevo-Skopje line using the Aeroput MMS-3 plane. The airport was later rebuilt for military use by the Yugoslav army and air force. It was damaged in 1999 during the NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Notable people

The tea of "qaj rusi"

The most common drink in Podujevo is the tea of "qaj rusi" (the Russian tea) or even "qaj i zi" (the black tea), made from tea produced in either India or Sri Lanka. This kind of tea is said to have been first served in the village of Dumosh. The black tea is said to have originally been brought from the Caucasus by the Circassians who had immigrated to the village since 1865. Oral tradition in the village tells that Sheqir Hajdar Kutleshi was the first in the village to consume the black tea.

Notes
  1. 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
    1. 2011 Kosovo Census results
    2. "Dumosh". Geographic Names. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
    3. "Kosovo". Pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
    4. "Shkolla fillore Musli Dumoshi". Gjirafa.biz. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
    5. "Besnik Podvorica Basketball Player Profile". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
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