Kamenica or Dardana ( sq-definite, Kamenicë or Dardanë), or Kosovska Kamenica (
Serbian Cyrillic: Косовска Каменица), is a
town and
municipality located in the
Gjilan District of
Kosovo. 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.
[Kosovo’s youngest mayor seeks to bridge ethnic divide]
Financial Times
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
Gollak ( sq-definite, Gollaku, sr, Гољак, Goljak) or Gallap ( sq-definite, Gallapi) is a mountainous and ethnographic ...
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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
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Cities and towns in Kosovo
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Populated places in Kosovo
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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
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical distric ...
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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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