Banja ( al, Banjë; sr, Бања) is a village in municipality of
Malisheva
Malisheva, ) is a town and municipality in Kosovo. According to the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) estimate from the 2011 census, there were 54,613 people residing in Malisheva Municipality, with Kosovo Albanians constituting the majority of th ...
in
Republic of Kosovo
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. The village has an area of 1305 ha. The village is named after a local spring with warm water that has healing properties. The toponym is of
Serbian origin - ''banja'' (lit. ''spa'').
History
It was first mentioned in 1348, in ''Holy Archangel charter'' of emperor
Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia
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. Above the village there were two churches, which villagers called Kiša and Other Kiša. "''Kisha''" in the Albanian language literally translates to ''Church''.
In April 2020, 20 residents of the town were in isolation due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Demography
Notable people
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Fatmir Limaj
Fatmir Limaj (born 4 February 1971), is a Kosovo-Albanian politician. He is the leader of ''Nisma për Kosovën''. Limaj served as Minister of Transport and Telecommunication in the government of the Republic of Kosova. He was known as "Çeliku ...
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References
Villages in Mališevo
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