Zym (in Albanian) or Zjum (in Serbian; Зјум) is a village in the Prizren Municipality of southwestern Kosovo.
Zym
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Village | |
  Zym Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°16′30″N 20°37′26″E / 42.2750°N 20.6240°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Prizren |
| Municipality | Prizren |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,782 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Geography
editThe settlement lies in the eastern part of the Has region in Kosovo, known as Prizren Has (the other being Gjakova Has[2]).
History
editIn the Ottoman Defter of 1485, Zym was part of the Nahiya of Pashtrik, and it was also known as Zybofic. The inhabitants of Zym had an overwhelmingly Christian Albanian anthroponomy with a degree of Islamisation: Ali Kola, Biba Gjoni, Nina Koka, Gjin Dusha, Baç Prendi, Doda Tita (Dida), Bac Doçi, Kosta Shtefani, Gjec Doçi, Koka Peka, Prend Nina, Gika Marku, Prend Andrea, Doç Daba, Deja Papa, Gika Daka, Gjec Gika, Papa Doçi, Deda Prendi, Iljas Doda, Gjin Doçi, Koka Papa, Tita (Dida) Deja, Prend Papa, Gjon Papa, Mark Deja. There were 21 homes in total.[3]
During the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Zym was the center of a srez (municipality).[4] During FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the settlement was known as Zjum Has (Зјум Хас, Zym i Hasit), in order to differentiate from Zjum Opoljski in Opolje. Zjum Opoljski was founded by settlers from Zjum Has.[5]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2011 census, it had 1,782 inhabitants, all of whom declared as Albanians.
References
edit- ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
- ^ Mirjana Menković (2004). Kosovo i Metohija u svetlu etnologije: zbornik radova. Етнографски музеј у Београду.
... јевића.9 Црногорски лосељеници — колонисти, чинили су, заједно са колонистима из Србије, Лике, Босне и Херцеговине, једино српско православно становништво пред Други свегски рат у Хасу (Ћако- вички и Призренски Xас).
- ^ Pulaha, Selami (1984). Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves Gjate Shekujve XV XVI. Tirana: 8 Nëntori. pp. 228–229, 71.
- ^ Desimir Tošić (1952). Srpski nacionalni problemi. Oslobodjenje. p. 177.
- ^ Stamenković 2001, p. 329
Назив је пренето име села - Зјум Xас (у Призренском Xасу), из старог завичаја досељеника, оснивача насеља
Sources
edit- Milenko S. Filipović (1958). Хас под Паштриком. Сарајевски граф. завод. pp. 107–.
- Srboljub Đ Stamenković (2001). Географска енциклопедија насеља Србије: М-Р. Универзитет у Београду. Географски факултет. ISBN 978-86-82657-15-6.