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 (born 1947), Kosovo Albanian former politician, born in Rahovec .
* Ajet Shehu (born 1990), English footballer, born in Rahovec .
* Ukshin Hoti (1943–1999), Kosovo Albanian activist, politician, and philosopher, born in Krusha e Madhe.
* Ali Sokoli (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 (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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