Serb enclaves in Kosovo
Serb enclaves are settlements in Kosovo outside North Kosovo ("south of the Ibar") where Serbs form a majority.
Serbs have often built roadblocks and barricades, to prevent access by
History
According to the 1991 census in
Prior to the 1999
Between 2000 and 2008, the
During the ethnic tensions in the
]Demographics
Municipalities
According to the 2011 census, which was boycotted in North Kosovo and partially boycotted by Serbs in southern Kosovo,[9] the municipalities of Gračanica, Parteš and Ranilug (enclaves, outside North Kosovo) have a Serb majority, while Serbs form about 45% of the total population of Novo Brdo, Štrpce and Klokot.[10]
Towns and villages
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The administrative division given there represents settlements within their former municipalities. From 2009 to 2010, the new municipalities were formed of settlements with Serbian ethnic majority, in order to establish Community of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo. These municipalities are: Gračanica/Graçanicë, Klokot/Kllokot, Ranilug/Ranillugë, Parteš/Parteshi and Novo Brdo/Artana.
The former administrative division of municipalities with Serbian settlements:
- Vushtrri/Vučitrn municipality: Gojbulja, Panjetina, Prilužje, Grace
- City of Pristina: Plemetina, Gračanica
- Lipjan/Lipljan municipality: Dobrotin, Livađe, Donja Gušterica, Gornja Gušterica, Suvi Do, Staro Gracko, Novo Naselje
- Fushë Kosova/Kosovo Polje municipality: Batuse
- Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality: Šilovo, Pasjane, Parteš (new municipality), Koretište, Donja Budriga, Stanišor, Kusce, Straža, G.Makreš, Kmetovce,[11] Poneš[11]
- Rahovec/Orahovac municipality: Velika Hoča
- Banja, Suvo Grlo
- Artana/Novo Brdo municipality: Prekovce
- Klina municipality: Vidanje[14]
- Theranda/Suva Reka municipality: Popovljane, Dvorane, Delovce; plurality: Mušutište, Topličane
Smaller Serbian communities are also present in
Serbian-language media in enclaves
See also
- Enclave (film), a 2015 Serbian film
Notes and references
- References
- ^ a b "Serbia and Kosovo: On the border of conflict". The Economist. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ "Serb community in Kosovo" (PDF). Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia. June 2012. p. 11. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ European Stability Initiative (ESI): The Lausanne Principle: Multiethnicity, Territory and the Future of Kosovo's Serbs (.pdf) , 7 June 2004.
- ^ Coordinating Centre of Serbia for Kosovo-Metohija: Principles of the program for return of internally displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija.
- US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI): Country report: Serbia and Montenegro 2006 Archived 19 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ International Relations and Security Network (ISN): Serbians return to Kosovo not impossible, says report (.pdf) , by Tim Judah, 7 June 2004.
- ^ B92: Interesovanje za povratak na Kosovo (The Interest for Returning to Kosovo), 8 June 2009 (in Serbian)
- ^ "Raseljeni Srbi žele povratak na Kosovo". RTS. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ "ECMI: Minority figures in Kosovo census to be used with reservations". ECMI.
- ^ "REKOS 2011: Results". Statistical Office of Kosovo. September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ a b Blic:"Struja se mora plaćati", 15. 05. 2009. (in Serbian)
- , 1 April 2000 (Retrieved 29 November 2010) (in Serbian)
- ^ B92: Sukob Srba i KPS-a na protestima, 10 May 2009 (in Serbian)
- ^ B92: Zadušnice na Kosovu, 6 June 2009(in Serbian)