Hani i Elezit or Elez Han ( sq-definite, Han i Elezit or ''Hani i Elezit''; sr, Ђенерал Јанковић, ''Đeneral Janković''; officially Елез Хан, ''Elez Han'') is a

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and

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located in the Ferizaj District of

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. According to the 2011 census, the town of Elez Han has 2,533 inhabitants, while the municipality has 9,403 inhabitants. It is one of the new formed municipalities formed in September 2005. It was previously part of the

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municipality. The town is located in the south-eastern part of Kosovo. The municipality covers an area of . It borders Kaçanik municipality to the north and with

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, the municipalities of

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(west),

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(east), Saraj and

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(south).

History

The town has been inhabited since the 1500s. Its name in Ottoman times was ''İlyas-Han''. The town was renamed after Serbian general

Božidar Janković Božidar Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Божидар Јанковић; 7 December 1849 – 7 July 1920) was a Serbian army general commander of the Serbian Third Army during the First Balkan War between the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire. In 1901 h ...

in 1914 by a decision of the Serbian Council of Ministers. In 2012, the Kosovo Assembly approved the renaming of the town to Elez Han for its publications in Serbian and English; the name remains ''Hani i Elezit'' in Albanian.Vesti-Online, "KiM: Đeneral Janković postao Elez Han," 29 Sept. 2012
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Population

In 2011, the population was 9,389. Apart from 30 Kosovo Bosniaks, the municipal unit is ethnically homogeneous (

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). The municipality has ten villages, two of which are uninhabited.

Economy

The municipality has a total of 250 family shops and small businesses registered. The economy of Elez Han is mainly based on three companies/enterprises: Sharr-Çimentorja (

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factory), Kosovaplast (

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factory), and Salonit (roof covers factory). All the aforementioned were part of the Šar Combinate before 1989. Sharr-Çimentorja employs 770 people, Salonit employs 280 employees, and Kosovaplast has 100 employees. Cafes, restaurants and retail trade are also vibrant. Private shops and other commercial businesses operating in the Pilot Municipal Unit are mostly family-operated enterprises, with approximately 200 employees. Nevertheless, a considerable part of population works in the agriculture sector or remains unemployed.

Public Services

Health

There is one

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providing primary health care. There are two doctors, one dentist, one lab technician and nine nurses. The hospital provides services until late afternoon, while emergency cases are treated by the hospital in Kačanik due to the lack of staff in Elez Han. The Municipal Unit is making efforts to hire two additional doctors to increase efficiency, but this process is very slow due to the lack of vacant positions in the staffing table.

Education

There are three primary schools (1,673 pupils) located in Elez Han and the villages of Paljivodenica and Gorance. There is a

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located in Elez Han with a total of 416 pupils.

Notes

References

External links

Municipality website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elez Han Populated places in Kosovo Kosovo–North Macedonia border crossings Municipalities of Kosovo