Çabër or Čabra is a village located in the municipality of
Zubin Potok, in
Kosovo
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. Çabër has approximately 1,300 inhabitants who are all
Albanians
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.
The river
Ibar runs through the village.
History
According to legend, there were two brothers and their nephew who came to Çabër first and gave it its name. Eventually a village was formed and grew to have a large population. The brothers and their nephew allegedly lived in the village since prehistoric times. The most common surnames in the village are Uka, Kurti, Mehmeti, Ferizi.
On 29th March 1999, Serbian artillery fired shells from the village
Zupç destroying the whole village. After the
war
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funds were raised to rebuild Çabër and the local
Albanian
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*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 ...
population started returning to their village.
Notable people
* Izmir Zeqiri, current mayor of
Zubin Potok
References
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Villages in Zubin Potok