Bistrica e Shalës (Albanian: Lumbardhi i Shalës; Serbian: Шаљска Бистрица, romanized: Šaljska Bistrica) is a settlement in the Leposavić municipality in northern Kosovo.
Bistrica e Shalës | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Bistrica e Shalës Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 43°0′54″N 20°49′30″E / 43.01500°N 20.82500°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Mitrovica |
| Municipality | Leposaviq |
| Elevation | 1,940 ft (590 m) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 86 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +383 |
Name
editIn 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
editHistory
editThe 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
editNotable people
edit- Kadri Bistrica, notable Vullnetari commander
References
edit- ↑ "ASK Data - Regjistrimi popullsisë". Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës (ASK). 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ↑ Hashim Islami (1986). Arhivski fondovi i zbirke u arhivima i arhivskim odeljenjima u SFRJ: SAP Kosovo. Vol. 9. Savez arhivskih radnika Jugoslavije. p. 135.
- 1 2 3 4 Kalezić 2002, p. 197.
- ↑ Gojko Subotić (1998). Art of Kosovo: the sacred land. Monacelli Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-58093-006-2.
- ↑ "Municipal Profile 2018 Mitrovica Region Leposaviq" (PDF). osce.org. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
Sources
edit- Kalezić, Dimitrije M. (2002). A - Z. Savremena administracija. p. 197. ISBN 9788638706716.