Kamenica or Dardana ( sq-definite, Kamenicë or Dardanë), or Kosovska Kamenica (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Косовска Каменица), is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and
municipality
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located in the
Gjilan District of
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
. According to the 2011 census, the town of Kamenica has 7,331 inhabitants, while the municipality has 36,085 inhabitants.
History
Kamenica always had better than average inter-ethnic relations during the Yugoslav era. Tensions today are low because there was less violence than elsewhere during the
Kosovo War
The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the war ...
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[Kosovo’s youngest mayor seeks to bridge ethnic divide]
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Demographics
According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Kamenica has 36,085 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups
The ethnic composition of the municipality:
Villages
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Dashnicë Dashnicë (Serbian Cyrillic: Даздинце) is a village in Kamenica municipality, Kosovo. It is located in the Gollak
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Zhujë
Zhujë is a village in Kamenica, Kosovo. All of its 42 inhabitants are Albanian.
Notable people
*Sejdo Bajramović
Sejdo Bajramović (7 July 1927 – 1993) was a Yugoslav soldier and politician of the former Yugoslavia, who was the acting ...
See also
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Municipalities of Kosovo
A municipality ( sq, komuna, sr, / ) is the basic administrative division in Kosovo and constitutes the only level of power in local governance. There are 38 municipalities in Kosovo; 27 of which have an Albanian ethnic majority, 10 Serb and 1 ...
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Cities and towns in Kosovo
This is a list of cities and towns in the Kosovo in alphabetical order categorised by municipality or district, according to the criteria used by the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS). Kosovo's population is distributed in 1,467 settlements with ...
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Populated places in Kosovo
The following is a list of populated places in Kosovo, arranged by Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality.http://www.unmikonline.org/regulations/unmikgazette/02english/E2004ads/ADE2004_23_annex.pdf
Deçan (Dečani)
Gjakovë (Ðakovica)
Dren ...
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Church of the Holy Apostles, Petrovac
Church of the Holy Apostles was a Serbian Orthodox Church located in the village of Petrovac, Kamenica, Kosovo. It belonged to the Diocese of Raška and Prizren
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Dardana Fortress
The Dardana Fortress (known locally in Albanian as ''Kalaja e Dardanës'' or ''Kulina'') is an archaeological site of the Bronze Age, Iron Age and late antiquity in present-day eastern Kosovo. It is located on a hill to the northwest of Kamenica ...
References
External links
Multicipality of Kosovska KamenicaSOK Kosovo and its populationKosova Kamenica Info (In Serbian)Kosovo’s youngest mayor seeks to bridge ethnic divide Financial Times
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