Istog
Istog | |
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Town and municipality | |
From the top, Panorama of Istog, Street scene, Xhamija e vjeter | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 31000 |
Area code | +383 |
Vehicle registration | 03 |
Website | kk |
Istog (
. According to the 2011 census, the city of Istog has 5,115 inhabitants, while the municipality has 39,289 inhabitants. Based on the population estimates from the Kosovo Agency of Statistics in 2016, the municipality has 39,982 inhabitants.Name
The name of the town comes from the version of the Serbian word istok (variant istek), meaning "well, water source" referring to the springs of the Istočka river (Istočka reka, literally "spring river"), a tributary to the White Drin river.[2] The name of the nearby village of Vrela, one of the largest settlements in the municipality, also means "springs", as does the newly proposed Albanian name of the town,[citation needed] Burimi.
History
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The Ottoman
During World War II, a total of 140 Serbs were killed in 1941 and 1942 in the district of Istog and another 95 were killed in 1943 and 1944 by Albanian paramilitaries.[4] The areas in and around Istog saw much resistance against the Yugoslav Partisans by Albanians in 1945. In Lipa, near Istog, Bajram Grobi and his group of 9 others were surrounded by a partisan battalion - they sustained 3 losses in total, including Bajram himself. In August, Sali Kama and Bik Pazari resisted the partisans in Bjeshka, near Istog. In March, Berlac Rogani and 7 other men were surrounded at a mountain in Binak, near Istog, by a battalion of partisans numbering to 650 Serbs and Montenegrins; after 36 hours of fighting, Rogani and his men killed 28 partisans and wounded 12 others. During the fighting, the partisans utilised women and children as human shields, but nonetheless, Rogani and his men managed to break the encirclement and all 8 fighters managed to survive despite their injuries. On the 10th of September, in Liçeva and Lesnika (also near Istog), 32 Albanians battled against 1,300 well-armed Montenegrins for 6 hours in an event known as the Battle of the 32 Heroes. Only 4 of the Albanians managed to survive despite being wounded. The commanders of the Albanian side were Shaban Sadiku, Adem Shala and Alush Smajli, with Smajli being the only one to survive with grave injuries, and the Montenegrins were from the Boka Kotorska brigade.[5]
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1948 | 25,292 | — |
1953 | 28,555 | +2.46% |
1961 | 33,779 | +2.12% |
1971 | 41,009 | +1.96% |
1981 | 50,104 | +2.02% |
1991 | 57,261 | +1.34% |
2011 | 39,289 | −1.87% |
2016 est. | 39,604 | +0.16% |
Source: Division of Kosovo |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1948 | 2,074 | — |
1953 | 2,111 | +0.35% |
1961 | 2,657 | +2.92% |
1971 | 3,467 | +2.70% |
1981 | 4,478 | +2.59% |
1991 | 6,384 | +3.61% |
2011 | 5,115 | −1.10% |
Source: Cities of Kosovo |
According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Istog has 39,289 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups
The municipality of Istog has an ethnic Kosovo Albanian majority. Most of the Kosovo Serbs live in the village of Osojane.[6] Osojane is to the east of the town of Istog; also part of the Serbs lives in northern part of the municipality.
The ethnic composition of the municipality:
Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs | |||||||||||||
Year/Population | Albanians | % | Serbs | % | Montenegrins | % | Bosniaks | % | Roma/Ashkali | % | Total | ||
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1961 | 19,067 | 56.45 | 9,097 | 26.91 | 3,804 | 11.25 | 881 | 2.6 | 16 | 33,799 | |||
1971 | 27,371 | 66.74 | 8,944 | 21.81 | 2,420 | 5.90 | 1,876 | 4.57 | 243 | 0.59 | 41,009 | ||
1981 | 35,972 | 71.79 | 7,736 | 15.44 | 1,856 | 3.70 | 3,545 | 7.08 | 747 | 1.49 | 50,104 | ||
1991 | 43,910 | 76.68 | 5,968 | 10.42 | 1,302 | 2.27 | 4,070 | 7.11 | 1,346 | 2.35 | 57,261 | ||
1998 | 51,000 | 80.1 | 7,270 | 11.4 | |||||||||
2006 | 41,000 | 92 | 540 | 1.2 | 1,330 | 2.9 | 1,740 | 3.9 | 44,610 | ||||
2011 | 36,154 | 92.02 | 317 | 1.89 | 1,142 | 2.91 | 151 | 0.38 | 39,289 | ||||
Ref: Yugoslav Population Censuses for data through 1991, and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe estimates for data in 1998 and 2006, 2011 estimate |
Economy
After
Notable people
- Fadil Ferati, Mayor of Istog from 1999 to 2010
- Fatmire Bajramaj, footballer
- Mergim Brahimi, footballer
- Besim Kabashi, kickboxer
- Islamic scholar
- Azdren Llullaku, footballer
- Ibrahim Rugova, former President of Kosovo
- Adnan Januzaj, footballer
- Mërgim Mavraj, footballer
- Donis Avdiaj, footballer
- Selman Kadria, local hero known for the assassination of a Serbian military commander
See also
References
- ^ Robert Elsie (2010). Historical Dictionary of Kosovo. Scarecrow Press. p. 297.
- ISBN 86-01-02651-6.
- OCLC 29549273
- ISBN 9788690632992.
- ISBN 9781838600037.
- ^ Tanjug (12 July 2012). "Ivanović: Uspešan povratak Srba u Osojane". Blic.rs (in Serbian).
External links
Media related to Istog at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality website (in Albanian)
- Regional Archaeology in the Peja and Istog Districts of Kosova, archaeological project in the Istog region (University of Michigan)