Kosovo Polje
Kosovo Polje (Serbian Cyrillic: Косово Поље, "Kosovo Field") or Fushë Kosova (definite Albanian form: Fushë Kosovë), is a town and municipality located in the District of Pristina in central Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Kosovo Polje has 12,919 inhabitants, while the municipality has 33,977 inhabitants, a number continuously on the rise.
Kosovo Polje
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Town and municipality | |
 Kosovo Polje railway station, March 2010 | |
 Flag  Emblem | |
 Location of the municipality of Kosovo Polje within Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°38′N 21°5′E | |
| Country | Kosovo |
| 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 | +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 Kosovo Polje railway station.
History
Kosovo Polje was named after the Kosovo Field of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo. The settlement of Kosovo Polje was established in 1921 during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (see Colonisation of Kosovo).[1]
Prior to the 1999 Kosovo War, the town of Kosovo Polje 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 |
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
