Donja Dubnica (Serbian: Доња Дубница, Albanian: Dumnica e Poshtme) is a village which is located in the Municipality of Podujevo, district of Pristina of north-eastern Kosovo. It has a population of 2,975 people according to the Kosovan 2011 census.[1]
Dumnicë e Poshtme
Donja Dubnica | |
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Village | |
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  Dumnicë e Poshtme Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°58′N 21°12′E / 42.967°N 21.200°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Pristina |
| Municipality | Podujevë |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.78 km2 (7.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 608 m (1,995 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,975 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Overview
editAccording to the 1991 census, the village had 2,951 inhabitants.[2] The rural settlement was suburban-agricultural (29,7% agrarian inhabitants), of the half-scattered type, on 620–740 m height at the valley sides of the Kopaonik by the Dubnica river, left tributary of Lab, on both sides of the Podujevo-Kuršumlija road, 5 km northeast from Podujevo. The cadastral area is 2051 hectares.[2]
The settlement is divided into several mahala (quarters), such as Tahirova, Tiova, Šaljova, Marino brdo, Gornja, Donja, etc.[2] In 1965 the mahalas were Čukića, Imerovića, Suljića and Taovića, named after the Albanian families, and the village was of the scattered type.[3]
History
editThe village is one of the medieval villages which had an Orthodox church. It was mentioned in the 1455 defter as Donja Dubnica (Доња Дубница) with 9 houses.[2] Priest Kuzma served in the village.[4] In the second half of the 18th century it was settled by Albanians of the Berisha fis from northern Albania.[2] The native Serbian population was subsequently Albanianized (i.e. one of the families, the Zec, became Žjec-Zhjeqi/Zhjeci).[2] After the Treaty of Berlin (1878), Albanian mujahirs from the Kuršumlija region settled the village (from Rača, Matarova, Vrševac, Ravni Šort, Dabinovac, Tijovac, and other villages).[2] In 1914, Donja Dubnica and neighbouring Gornja Dubnica together had 1101 inhabitants, while in 1921, Donja Dubnica had 185 households and 1100 inhabitants.[2] After the Balkan Wars, in 1913–14, 32 households of Serbs from Aleksandrovačka Župa, Ibarski Kolašin, Jablanica and Kosanica, and 8 households of Montenegrins settled the village.[2] With World War I they left the village, then returned between 1921 and 1926 with 37 Serb households from Lika, Toplica, and other regions.[2] Albanian kachaks in the village were disarmed by the Yugoslav authorities by 1924.[5] In 1990, unidentified ethnic Albanians attacked the Serbs in the village.[6] In 1961, 43,6% were Serb/Montenegrins; in 1981 9,3% – the village is today Albanian, as the non-Albanian population was pressured to leave during the Kosovo War, in mid-1999.[2]
Infrastructure
editThe village has a secondary school,[2] a mosque, an agricultural apothecary "Dubnica" (6 workers), and other businesses.
References
edit- ^ "Kosovo census results". Tim Bespyatov. 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Srboljub Đ Stamenković (2001). Географска енциклопедија насеља Србије: М-Р. Универзитет у Београду. Географски факултет. p. 266. ISBN 978-86-82657-15-6.
- ^ Serbian ethnographic series. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. 1965.
ДОЊА ДУБНИЦА. — Село је на подножју Копаоника у доњем делу долине Дубничке реке. Село је разбијеног типа. Дели се на Чукића, Имеровића, Суљића и Таовића махалу, чији су називи по арбанашким ро- довима. Удаљења ...
- ^ Dimitrije M. Kalezić (2002). A - Z. Savremena administracija. p. 572.
- ^ Dragi Maliković (2005). Kačački pokret na Kosovu i Metohiji: 1918-1924. Institut za srpsku kulturu.
У Срезу лабском разоружана су била следећа села: Горња и Доња Дубница, Преполац, Лауша, Бајчина, Добри ...
- ^ Atanasije Jevtić (1990). Stradanja Srba na Kosovu i Metohiji od 1941. do 1990. Jedinstvo. p. 375.
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