PENDANG () is a village in Viti Municipality,

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History

The Gërmova mosque was founded in 1447 according to its foundation stone, making it one of the oldest in Kosovo and indeed in all lands historically inhabited by

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. During the

Yugoslav colonization of Kosovo Over the course of the twentieth century, Kosovo experienced four major colonisation campaigns that aimed at altering the ethnic population balance in the region, to decrease the Albanian population and replace them with Serbs and Montenegrins. ...

, labeled "agrarian reform," 50

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families settled in Grmovo/Gërmova. During the

Kosovo Operation (1944) The Kosovo Operation (15 October–22 November 1944) was a series of military operations leading up to one final push during World War II, launched by the Bulgarian army (commanded by Major General Kiril Stanchev) with the assistance of Albani ...

, Gërmova and Vitina were occupied by the Bulgarian army. After World War II, Gërmova was taken back by the Yugoslav government, which continued to hold it as

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and later Serbia until 17 February 2008, ''de facto'' and beyond ''de jure'', given the

2008 Kosovo declaration of independence The 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, which proclaimed the Kosovo, Republic of Kosovo to be an independent and sovereign state, was adopted at a meeting held on 17 February 2008 by 109 out of the 120 members of the Assembly of Kosovo, in ...

Geography

The village is near Sadovinë e Jerlivë, Gushica,

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, Lower Slatina, and Drobesh.

Demography

A minority of the town’s population emigrated in the 20th and 21st centuries, some to other countries in

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(such as

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and

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), others outside the continent.

Notable people

Liridon Krasniqi Liridon Krasniqi (born 1 January 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Schaffhausen II. Born in Kosovo, he has represented both the Kosovo and Malaysia national teams. Krasniqi made his senior debut wit ...

, Kosovar-born, Malay football player. *Vukašin Jokanović, Yugoslav ministry of the Interior.

References

Villages in Viti, Kosovo {{Kosovo-geo-stub