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Polac
Polac or ( sr-Cyrl, Пољанце; sometimes transliterated as Poljance) is a village in Kosovo. The village is exclusively inhabited by ethnic Albanians; in the 2011 census, it had 2701 inhabitants. Geography It lies in the Drenica region, at the source of the Vrbica river, a left confluence of the Drenica river.Stamenković 2002, p. 81 It lies on both sides of the regional Skenderaj-Glogavac road, 4–7 km southeast of Skenderaj. It is 640–680 m over sea level. The rural settlement lies on a cadastral area with the a total of 2195 hectares (K.O. Staro Poljance 694, K.O. Novo Poljance 767, K.O. Kraljica 734 ha). Poljance includes two major physiognomic parts: Staro Poljance (Džamijska, Gruda, Koca, Veljić and Zonić Mahala) and Novo Poljance, of which the latter was administratively joined into the present settlement in 1975. Novo Poljance was an independent village before, situated to the east, established after World War I, with Serb and Montenegrin settlers from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skenderaj
Skenderaj ( sq-definite, Skënderaj or ''Skënderaji'') or Srbica ( sr-Cyrl, Србица) is a town and municipality located in the Mitrovica District of Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Skënderaj has 9,372 inhabitants, while the municipality has 50,858 inhabitants. It is the largest city in the Drenica geographical region of Kosovo. It is mainly populated by ethnic Albanians. It is claimed to be the poorest city in Kosovo. It is the place where the Kosovo War began in 1998, and to which the most damage was done. Geography The settlement is by the Klina river, in the Klina field (''Klinsko polje''). It is the main settlement of the Drenica region. The Klina river belongs to the Metohija region, while the settlement morphologically and hydrologically gravitates towards the Kosovo region. The municipality covers an area of , including the town of Skenderaj and 51 villages. History The village of Runik, northwest of Skenderaj, is one of the most promin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
