Hajvalia ( sq, Hajvalia, sr-Cyrl, Ајвалија) is a village or suburb southeast of

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, located 635 meters above sea level. It lies in the municipality of Prishtina. It has approximately 2,300 homes and 7 391 (2011) inhabitants. A small creek begins in the town, while another begins north-east of the town and runs through it. After 1970, right up until now, there has been an increase in population, mainly from newcomers. The road here passes through Gjilan and Prishtinë and connects with M25.2 way.

Demographics

Places of interest

There is a zinc and silver mine, which opened in 1953 and have been completely renovated, namely the Trepča Mines-Pristina (Hajvalia). A public park is located near the town-centre, along the Dëshmorët e Gollakut (Lit. Gollak Martyrs road). There is a mosque, Xhamia e Hajvalisë (Lit. Mosque of Hajvalia), in the south-west of the village.

Sport

The local football club was

KF Hajvalia KF Hajvalia ( sq, Klubi Futbollistik Hajvalia), commonly known as Hajvalia was a professional football club based in village Hajvalia of Pristina, Kosovo. The club last played in the First Football League of Kosovo, which is the second-tier of f ...

Education

There are two primary schools in Hajvalia. With the most recently opened one "Afrim Gashi" being opened roughly 11 years ago ; named after the martyr which was a habitant of Hajvalia . The other Elementary School is "Shkëndija" (Lit. "Spark").

Other

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AKR chairman and former president of Kosovo is a resident. In Hajvalija there is the International Village. After the war it saw development of small businesses and private businesses. A Swedish

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military camp, Camp Victoria, was located in Hajvalia. Most of the

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in the

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were located at Camp Victoria. The camp was previously named Camp Gripen, but the name was changed in spring 2000. It was named for

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. Most the soldiers were Swedish, but there were also

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and

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n soldiers. In June 2004, the total number of personnel was about 450 persons, out of which 329 came from Sweden, while the camp housed 700 soldiers in 2002. Most of the soldiers belonged to the Swedish mechanized rifle company and the Swedish supply company. In June 2011, Camp Victoria was to be completely discontinued and KS21 was the last Swedish contingent that was operational at the camp before KS22 moved into the KFOR headquarters at

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