Manastirica, Prizren

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Manastirica (Serbian Cyrillic: Манастирица; Albanian: Manastiricë; Bosnian: Manastirica) is a village in the Prizren Municipality in southern Kosovo, close to the border between Kosovo and North Macedonia.

Manastirica
Village
Manastirica is located in Kosovo
Manastirica
Manastirica
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°08′06″N 20°48′19″E / 42.13500°N 20.80528°E / 42.13500; 20.80528
Location Kosovo
DistrictPrizren
MunicipalityPrizren
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total1,107
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

History

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The village of Manastirica was settled by construction workers who took part in the construction of the Visoki Dečani Monastery in the early 1300s. As a sign of gratitude for their work, these workers were gifted the village of Manastirica to settle by the Serbian king Stefan Dečanski following completion of the build.[2]

Demographics

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The village is almost exclusively inhabited by Bosniaks.[3]

References

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  • Novak, Viktor (1954). Историјски часопис 4 (1952-1953). Yugoslavia: Istorijski institut.