Vitomiricë (Albanian: Vitomiricë, Serbian Cyrillic: Витомирица/Vitomirica) is a village in the municipality of Peja.
Vitomiricë
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Village | |
Coordinates: 42°40′55″N 20°19′02″E / 42.681936°N 20.317291°E | |
Location | Kosovo |
District | Pejë |
Municipality | Pejë |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 5,409 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
History
editDuring World War II, Vitomirica was one of the many settlements in Kosovo where the Serb civilian population was persecuted and killed by Albanian paramilitaries.[2]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
- ^ Antonijević, Nenad (2009). Албански злочини над Србима на Косову и Метохији у Другом светском рату, документа (PDF). Muzej žrtava genocida. p. 44. ISBN 9788690632992.