Rahovec ( sq-definite, Rahoveci) or Orahovac (
Serbian Cyrillic: Ораховац) is a
town and
municipality located in the
District of Prizren
The Prizren District (Albanian: ''Rajoni i Prizrenit''; Turkish: ''Prizren ili'') is one of the seven districts of Kosovo. Its seat is in the city of Prizren. According to the 2011 Census, it has a population of 331,670 and an area of 2,024 ...
in western
Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Rahovec has 15,892 inhabitants, while the municipality has 56,208 inhabitants.
Name
The Serbian name of the town, ''Orahovac'', is derived from the
Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
*
*
* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
''
orah
Orah (Serbo-Croatian for "walnut") may refer to:
Places
Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Orah, Bileća, a village in Bileća, Republika Srpska
* Orah, Rudo, a village in Rudo, Republika Srpska
* Orah, Ravno, a village in Ravno, Federation of Bosnia and ...
'', meaning "
walnut".
The Albanian name ''Rahovec'' comes from an Albanised pronunciation of ''Orahovac''.
[
Ernst Eichler considers that the toponym delivers from ]Albanian
Albanian may refer to:
*Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular:
**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
**Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...
term ''rrah'', which delivers from Illyrian.
Geography and population
The municipality covers an area of approximately and contains 35 villages. In 2014 the town had a total population of 23,200 and the population of the municipality was 58,214.[Municipal Profile: Rahovec/Orahovac]
. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, May 2006. Accessed October 2014. In 2011 the municipality had a total population of 56,208.[Municipal Profile: Rahovec/Orahovac]
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, March 2014. Accessed October 2014.
Demographics
According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Orahovac has 56,208 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups
The ethnic composition of the municipality:
Language
The town is known for a local dialect, Rahovec dialect (''ravëqki''; ''rahovecianshe'', ''gjuha e Rahovecit'') which is a mixture of Albanian, Serbian, Turkish and Bulgarian languages. Its use has declined rapidly after the Kosovo War, with Albanian becoming the predominant language.
Notable people
*Shkëlzen Maliqi
Shkëlzen Maliqi (born 26 October 1947) is a Kosovar philosopher, art critic, political analyst and intellectual. During the early 1990s, Shkelzen was also directly involved in politics. He was one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party of ...
(born 1947), Kosovo Albanian former politician, born in Rahovec .
*Ajet Shehu
Ajet Shehu (born 31 December 1990) is an English retired footballer who played as a centre-back.
Career
Early career
Shehu was born in Rahovec, modern day Kosovo, but moved to England with his family as a child to escape the conflicts in the ...
(born 1990), English footballer, born in Rahovec .
*Ukshin Hoti
Ukshin Hoti was a Kosovo Albanian philosopher and activist. Hoti was a professor of international law and later philosophy at the University of Pristina and founder of UNIKOMB, a political party of Kosovo. Since 1982 he had been arrested several ...
(1943–1999), Kosovo Albanian activist, politician, and philosopher, born in Krusha e Madhe.
*Ali Sokoli
Ali Sokol (born 8 May 1921 in Rahovec, Kosovo, died 23 September 1974) was an Albanian pulmonologist .
Early life
Ali Sokol was born into an agricultural family. He was the third of four children of father and mother Hatixhes Solomon. It is unk ...
(1921–1974), Yugoslav physician, born in Rahovec .
* Jovan Grković-Gapon (1879–1912), Serbian Chetnik
The Chetniks ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Четници, Četnici, ; sl, Četniki), formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland and the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationa ...
, born in Rahovec .
* Lazar Kujundžić (1880–1905), Serbian Chetnik commander, born in Rahovec .
*Kida
KIDA, VHF analog channel 5, was an independent television station licensed to Sun Valley, Idaho, United States. Founded October 25, 2000, the station was owned by Turner Enterprises.
History
It carried programming from UPN at its sign-on; h ...
(born 1997), Kosovo Albanian female singer
*Xhevdet Bajraj
Xhevdet Bajraj ( Serbo-Croat: ''Dževdet Bajraj''; 1960 – 22 June 2022) was an ethnic Albanian Kosovar poet and screenwriter who resided in Mexico.
Biography
Born in the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, Bajraj was granted residency in ...
(born 1960), poet and screenwriter who resided in Mexico.
Notes
References
* Marijana Milosavljević ( NIN, 15 December 2005)
External links
Rahoveci24.com
Rahoveci.NET
BBC article concerning March 2004 riots
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