Kokaj (Albanian: Kokaj [kɔˈkaj]) (Serbian Cyrillic: Кокицe-Инатовце/Kokaj-Inatoc) is a village in the Gjilan district of Kosovo.
Kokaj
Kokaj-(Inatoc) | |
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Coordinates: 42°23′26″N 21°34′48″E / 42.39056°N 21.58000°E | |
Location | Kosovo |
District | Gjilan |
Municipality | Gjilan |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 30 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Climate
editThe average temperature is -2 °C. Spring and autumn are cool and rainy, and the summer is hot and dry - with the average temperature + 22 °C. The high temperatures in Kosovo during the year are between 25 °C and + 38 °C. The average annual temperature is 10.6 degrees Celsius Anamorava. The annual rainfall are large, averaging 550 mm. In Lugina e Anamoraves Binçes are smaller than in higher areas in the slopes of the Karadag Mountains.[2]
Demography
edit1948: 250 |
1953: 289 |
1961: 342 |
1971: 386 |
1981: 376 |
1991: 100 |
2007: 30[3] |
Notable residents
edit- Daut Dauti, Kosovan journalist
- Nijazi Ramadani, (born February 14, 1964, in Kokaj, Kosovo, then Yugoslavia) is a Kosovar Albanian poet, novelist and literary critic.
- Arben Ramadani (13 June 1981 – 19 May 2000) was one of the commanders of the Albanian militant group Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB).
Gallery
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Burial place of UÇPMB commander Arben Ramadani
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Meadow in spring
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People of Kokaj
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Neighborhood in Kokaj
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Grazing cattle
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Meadow in spring
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Grazing cattle
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Fountain Village in Kokaj
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The house of Ilmi Rrustemi - Kokaj
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Views of the geographical alignment
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Village mosque
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Village mosque
References
editExternal links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Kokaj.
- Kokaj, Albania page
- Kokaj.net (in Albanian)
- Kokajt që nga lashtësia (in Albanian)