Bistrica e Shalës, Kosovo

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Bistrica e Shalës (Albanian: Lumbardhi i Shalës; Serbian: Шаљска Бистрица, romanized: Šaljska Bistrica) is a settlement in the Leposavić municipality in northern Kosovo.

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Location Kosovo
Elevation
1,940 ft (590 m)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Area code+383
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Bistrica e Shalës
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Bistrica e Shalës is located in Kosovo
Bistrica e Shalës
Bistrica e Shalës
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 43°0′54″N 20°49′30″E
Location Kosovo
DistrictMitrovica
MunicipalityLeposaviq
Elevation
1,940 ft (590 m)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total
86
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+383
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Name

In 1986, the secondary name of Šaljska Bistrica was the Slavicised version "Bistrica e Shalës".[2] The name is linked with the Albanian Shala tribe.

Geography

The village is located 12 km southeast from Leposavić, below the Kopaonik.[3] The settlement lies on both sides of the middle flow of the Bistrica, a right tributary of Ibar. The settlement is of the scattered type (razbijenog tipa), and its cadastral area includes 787 hectares.

History

The village of Bistrica (Бистрица) was mentioned in the 1455 Ottoman defter (tax registry).[3] Serbs were the majority population up until the mid-19th century, when Albanians expelled them and had their Orthodox church destroyed.[3]

The toponym Crkvište is used for the area of the church ruins.[3][4]

Demographics

The village is inhabited by an ethnic Albanian majority.[5]

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