Deçan
Deçan
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Postal code | 51000 |
Area code | +383 |
Vehicle registration | 03 |
Website | kk |
Deçan[a] is a town and municipality in Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of has 3,803 inhabitants, while the municipality has 40,019 inhabitants.[1]
Geography
Geographically, Deçan is located in the Accursed Mountains mountain region. It is surrounded by the Beleg Mountain.
History
Deçan was first recorded in 1330 in the decrees known as the
Following the migration of the Serbs in the 17th and 18th century, many ethnic Serbs who lived in Deçan left. The local Albanian population of Deçan who remained continued to guard the local Visoki Dečani monastery.[6]
During the Kosovo War, Deçan was one of the strongholds of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The KLA regularly smuggled weapons from Albania across the border to Deçan and as a result, the area saw significant fighting between the KLA and Yugoslav army and police.[7] The town was one of the areas where armed attacks against Serbian police and military began. On August 1995 in one of the most serious incidents before the Kosovo War, the Serbian police stations was attacked and set on fire by an armed group.[8]
Culture
The medieval
Notes
- ^ Albanian: Deçan, pronounced [dɛˈtʃan] or Dečani Serbian Cyrillic: Дечани pronounced [dɛ̌t͡ʃani]; also in use Dečane Serbian Cyrillic: Дечане
References
- ^ "Kosovo Census". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ Novak 1954, p. 218.
- ^ Fine 1994, p. 318.
- ISBN 978-3039113200.
- ^ Pulaha, Selami (1984). Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves Gjate Shekujve XV XVI. Tirana: 8 Nëntori. p. 9.
- ^ Novak 1954, p. 216,226.
- CiteSeerX 10.1.1.691.9174.
- ^ Vickers 1998, p. 291.
Bibliography
- Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.
- Novak, Viktor (1954). Историјски часопис 4 (1952-1953). Istorijski institut.
- Vickers, Miranda (1998). Between Serb and Albanian: A History of Kosovo. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-631-19807-5.
External links
- Municipality of Deçan – Official Website