Zallçi or Žač (Serbian Cyrillic: Жач) is a village/settlement in the Burim Municipality of Kosovo. Zallç has 502 inhabitants, of whom 267 are Albanians and 235 are Ashkalis or Balkan Egyptians.[2] The village was in the spotlight in 2010, when Serbian refugees were denied the right to return to their homes.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Zallçi
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  Zallçi | |
| Coordinates: 42°42′23″N 20°30′06″E / 42.70639°N 20.50167°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Peja |
| Municipality | Burim |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 459 |
Population
edit| Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs | |||||||||||||
| Year/Population | Albanians | % | Serbs | % | Montenegrins | % | Muslims (by ethnicity) | % | others | % | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 287 | 41.72% | 243 | 35.32% | 158 | 22.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 688 | ||
| 1971 | 405 | 51.59% | 254 | 32.36% | 115 | 14.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 11 | 1.40% | 785 | ||
| 1981 | 251 | 29.05% | 191 | 22.11% | 81 | 9.38% | 327 | 37.85% | 14 | 1.62% | 864 | ||
| 1991 | 1 | 0.19% | 147 | 27.79% | 52 | 9.83% | 307 | 58.03% | 22 | 4.16% | 529 | ||
Albanians boycotted the census in 1991, so their numbers for that year are not known.
References
edit- ↑ "ASK Data - Regjistrimi popullsisë". Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës (ASK). 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ↑ 2011 Kosovo Census results
- ↑ Serb returnees attacked in Kosovo village, B92, April 21, 2010
- ↑ Police identify attackers in Žač, B92, April 24, 2010
- ↑ 22 Kosovo Serbs accused of war crimes, B92, May 8, 2010
- ↑ Attack on Serb returnees “terrorism”, B92, May 20, 2010
- ↑ Serb returnees “determined to stay”, B92, May 17, 2010
- ↑ KFOR securing Serbs in Kosovo camp, B92, May 22, 2010
- ↑ Kosovo: Serb returnee attacked, B92, May 31, 2010