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|image_caption = Panoramic view on Kuršumlija |
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|native_name = Куршумлија |
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|official_name = Kuršumlija |
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| official_name = Kuršumlija |
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|district = Toplica |
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| settlement_type = [[List of cities in Serbia|Town]] and [[Municipalities and cities of Serbia|municipality]] |
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|mayor = Goran Bojović |
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| image_shield = Blason de Kuršumlija.jpg |
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|area_km2 = 952 |
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|population_total = 12866 |
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| image_skyline = Kursumlija-panorama.jpg |
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|mpop = 19011 |
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| image_caption = Panoramic view on Kuršumlija |
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|latd = 43 |
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| image_map = Municipalities of Serbia Kuršumlija.png |
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|latm = 09 |
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| map_caption = Location of the municipality of Kuršumlija within Serbia |
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| coordinates = {{coord|43|09|N|21|16|E|region:RS|display=inline,title}} |
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|code = 27 |
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| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |
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|settlements = 90 |
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| subdivision_name = {{flag|Serbia}} |
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|plates = PK |
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| subdivision_type1 = [[Subdivisions of Serbia|Region]] |
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|postal_code = 18430 |
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Southern and Eastern Serbia]] |
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|website = www.kursumlija.org |
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| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Serbia|District]] |
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Toplica District|Toplica]] |
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| parts_type = Settlements |
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| parts_style = para |
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| p1 = 90 |
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| leader_title = Mayor |
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| leader_name = Radoljub Vidić |
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| leader_party = [[Serbian Progressive Party|SNS]] |
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| area_blank1_title = Town |
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| area_blank1_km2 = 7.90 |
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| area_blank2_title = Municipality |
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| area_blank2_km2 = 952 |
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| area_footnotes = <ref>{{Serbian municipalities 2006}}</ref> |
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| elevation_m = 366 |
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="census2022-firstresults">{{cite web |title=Prvi rezultati Popisa stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova 2022. |url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2022/HtmlL/G20221350.html |website=stat.gov.rs |access-date=16 February 2023 |language=Serbian |date=21 December 2022 |quote=d}}</ref> |
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| population_as_of = 2022 census |
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| population_blank1_title = Town |
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| population_density_blank1_km2 = auto |
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| population_blank2_title = Municipality |
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| population_blank2 = 15905 |
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| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |
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| utc_offset = +1 |
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| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |
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| utc_offset_DST = +2 |
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Serbia|Postal code]] |
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| postal_code = 18430 |
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| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in Serbia|Area code]] |
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| area_code = +381(0)27 |
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| blank_name = [[Vehicle registration plates of Serbia|Car plates]] |
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| blank_info = PK |
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| website = {{URL|www.kursumlija.org}} |
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'''Kuršumlija''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Куршумлија, {{IPA-sh|kurʃǔmlija|pron}}}}) is a town and municipality located in the [[Toplica District]] of the [[Southern Serbia (Geographical Region)|southern Serbia]]. It is situated near the rivers [[Toplica River|Toplica]], [[Kosanica]] and Banjska, southeast of Mount [[Kopaonik]] and northwest of [[Radan (mountain)|Mount Radan]]. As of 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 15,905 inhabitants.<ref name="census2022-firstresults" /> |
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'''Kuršumlija''' ([[Serbian Cyrillic]]: Куршумлија, {{IPA-sh|kurʃǔmlija|pron}}) is a town and municipality located in the south of [[Serbia]], nearby the rivers [[Toplica River|Toplica]], [[Kosanica]] and Banjska, on the southeast of mountain [[Kopaonik]], and northwest of [[Radan Mountain]]. According to 2011 census, the town has 12,866 inhabitants, while municipality has 19,011. |
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==Geography== |
==Geography== |
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[[File:Toplicki district.gif|thumb|right|Location within Toplica District]] |
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Kuršumlija sits on the area of {{convert|952|km²|2|abbr=on}} and administratively is in [[Toplica District]]. Its borders the municipalities of [[Brus]], [[Blace]], [[Prokuplje]], [[Medveđa]], [[Podujevo]], and [[Leposavić]]. Its southwest border (105 km) is with the disputed province of [[Kosovo]].<ref>[http://kursumlija.pondi.hr/mapa.htm '''KURSUMLIJA MAP''']</ref> |
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Kuršumlija sits on the area of {{convert|952|km²|2|abbr=on}} and administratively is in [[Toplica District]]. Its borders the municipalities of [[Brus]], [[Blace]], [[Prokuplje]], [[Medveđa]], [[Podujevo]], and [[Leposavić]]. Its southwest border (105 km) is within the disputed territory of [[Kosovo]]. |
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===Climate=== |
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==History and culture== |
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Kuršumlija has an [[Oceanic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: ''Cfb''). |
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[[File:Kursumlijanight.jpg|thumb|280px|left|Night panorama from the old town]] |
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A 3rd century AD [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] military base '''Ad Fines''' was situated here. There are also remains of churches from the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] period. The Serbian principality of [[Rascia]] started to develop in this region. [[Stefan Nemanja]], a Serbian lord ([[župa]]n), and the founder of [[House of Nemanjić|Nemanjić dynasty]], built his residence here, as well as the two monasteries of St. Nicolas and the Holy Mother of God (before 1168). |
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| location = Kuršumlija (1991–2020) |
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| Jan record high C = 19.7 |
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There are a lot of historical sights in Kuršumlija from that era: Mara Tower, Ivan Tower, and many medieval churches. The name in that period was '''Bele Crkve''' (White Churches) and '''Toplica'''. After the invasion by the [[Ottoman Empire]] in the 14th century, the Ottomans gave the town its current name, simply by translating the old name, Bele Crkve (White Churches). During Ottoman rule Kuršumlija was part of the [[Sanjak of Niš]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Godišnjak grada Beograda|year=1977|publisher=Museum of the Belgrade|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=OE_jAAAAMAAJ&q=%22%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8+%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%9F%D0%B0%D0%BA%22&dq=%22%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8+%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%9F%D0%B0%D0%BA%22&hl=en&ei=6MgaTq6QF8_2sgbnv_S4Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwADgK|accessdate=11 July 2011|page=116}}</ref> Since 1878, Kuršumlija has been a part of the modern Serbian state. |
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| Feb record high C = 24.7 |
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| Mar record high C = 26.6 |
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| Apr record high C = 31.8 |
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| May record high C = 35.8 |
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| Jun record high C = 37.4 |
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| Jul record high C = 42.8 |
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| Aug record high C = 40.2 |
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| Sep record high C = 37.4 |
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| Oct record high C = 35.1 |
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| Nov record high C = 26.3 |
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| Dec record high C = 21.2 |
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| Jan high C = 5.2 |
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==Features== |
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| Feb high C = 7.7 |
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[[File:Đavolja Varoš.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Devil's Town]] |
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| Mar high C = 12.4 |
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Kuršumlija is known by the natural monument by the Radan Mountain, the so called [[Đavolja Varoš]] (Devil's Town), unusual natural formations from earth and stones. There are three spas: Prolom Spa, Kuršumlija Spa and Lukovo Spa. Famous Prolom water is produced in Prolom Spa. |
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| Apr high C = 17.7 |
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| May high C = 22.3 |
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| Jun high C = 26.1 |
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| Jul high C = 28.6 |
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| Aug high C = 29.1 |
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| Sep high C = 23.8 |
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| Oct high C = 18.4 |
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| Nov high C = 12.3 |
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| Dec high C = 6.1 |
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| Jan mean C = 0.2 |
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==Notable people== |
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| Feb mean C = 2.1 |
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*The [[Župa|Great Župan]] [[Stefan Nemanja]] established his first capital, Bele Crkve, near the location of today's Kuršumlija in 1166-1172. His wife Ana died and was buried here as the [[nun]] St. Anastasia. |
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| Mar mean C = 6.0 |
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*[[Sultania Mara]], daughter of [[Despotes|Despot]] [[George, Prince of Rascia|Đurađ Branković]], later wife of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Emperor]] [[Murad II]], and step mother of Emperor [[Mehmed II]] also at the end of her life came to live here as a nun in monastery of Holy Mother of God, where she made a fortress called Mara Tower. She died in around 1487. |
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| Apr mean C = 10.8 |
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*[[Kosta Pećanac]], a notable Serbian soldier in the [[First World War|First]] and [[Second World War]]. His house is protected of by the municipality. |
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| May mean C = 15.2 |
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*[[Dragoljub Mićunović]] (born in 1930. in Merdare, Kuršumlija), professor of at the [[University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy]]. He was a dissident during the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Communist period]], and the first president of the [[Democratic Party (Serbia)|Democratic Party]]. He was the first president of parliament of [[Serbia and Montenegro|State Union of Serbia & Montenegro]]. |
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| Jun mean C = 18.9 |
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*[[Rade Vučković]], a famous composer of popular music from 70s until today. His greataest hits are: Isidora, Sneg je opet Snežana, Nisam te se nagledao, Ja sam dete Kuršumlije, Viki Viki Violeta and many others. |
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| Jul mean C = 20.7 |
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* [[Žarko Dragojević]], director, born in Kuršumlija, professor at the Faculty of Drama at the [[University of Belgrade]]. He is director of several notable films: Kuća pored pruge (House by the tracks), Noć u kući moje majke (Night in my mother's house). He also directed many documenataries, among them series on [[Serbian monasteries]] for the Serbian national broadcaster ([[Radio Television of Serbia|RTS]]). |
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| Aug mean C = 20.5 |
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* [[Vojin Šulović]], academician, humanist, doctor of gynecology. Born in Kursumlija on 18. May 1923. Regular professor at Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade. Post Graduate tuition lectured in Kragujevac, Niš, Novi Sad and Priština. Overhead prelector at Post Graduate studies in Zagreb, as in Indonesia and Greece. July 7 and October awards of city of Belgrade winner. Also Serbian medical society award winner and Serbian warrior medalist. Smederevo and Kuršumlija municipality freeman. A number of domestic and foreign honours medalist among of rest - Order of Chevalier for National Service got under President of France. Honorary member of Gynecological society of France, Russia, Poland, Duchy of Poznan, Medical academy of Romania, Society of Surgeons of Jordan... Perished on 22. February 2008.[http://archonline.bio.bg.ac.rs/VOL60/SVESKA%202/IM%203%20Sulovic.pdf more about Vojin Šulović] |
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| Sep mean C = 15.8 |
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| Oct mean C = 11.1 |
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| Nov mean C = 6.2 |
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| Dec mean C = 1.6 |
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| Jan low C = -3.9 |
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| Feb low C = -2.7 |
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| Mar low C = 0.5 |
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| Apr low C = 4.4 |
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| May low C = 8.7 |
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| Jun low C = 12.1 |
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| Jul low C = 13.5 |
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| Aug low C = 13.4 |
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| Sep low C = 9.7 |
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| Oct low C = 5.6 |
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| Nov low C = 1.6 |
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| Dec low C = -2.3 |
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| Jan record low C = -23.5 |
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| Feb record low C = -19.5 |
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| Mar record low C = -19.0 |
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| Apr record low C = -8.5 |
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| May record low C = -0.4 |
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| Jun record low C = 3.3 |
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| Jul record low C = 3.7 |
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| Aug record low C = 3.9 |
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| Sep record low C = -1.6 |
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| Oct record low C = -7.7 |
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| Nov record low C = -12.5 |
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| Dec record low C = -18.4 |
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|precipitation colour = green |
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| Jan precipitation mm = 44.7 |
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| Feb precipitation mm = 44.2 |
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| Mar precipitation mm = 56.1 |
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| Apr precipitation mm = 57.2 |
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| May precipitation mm = 71.9 |
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| Jun precipitation mm = 59.9 |
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| Jul precipitation mm = 68.9 |
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| Aug precipitation mm = 45.7 |
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| Sep precipitation mm = 54.8 |
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| Oct precipitation mm = 57.1 |
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| Nov precipitation mm = 51.7 |
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| Dec precipitation mm = 58.7 |
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| source = hidmet.gov.rs <ref name="hidmet.gov.rs">{{cite web|url= https://www.hidmet.gov.rs/ciril/meteorologija/xls/Kursumlija.xlsx|title=Kuršumlija 43 07N 21 15E h 384 m |publisher=hidmet.gov.rs|access-date=31 March 2023}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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The [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] established the '''Ad Fines''' military outpost in the 3rd century AD. There are also remains of churches from the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] period. The Serbian principality of [[Grand Principality of Raška|Rascia]] expanded from this region. [[Stefan Nemanja]], a Serbian lord ([[župa]]n), and the founder of [[House of Nemanjić|Nemanjić dynasty]], built his residence here, as well as the two monasteries of St Nicolas and the Holy Mother of God (before 1168).{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} |
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[[File:Црква у Рудару - Church in Rudare.JPG|thumb|right|160px|Stone church in ''Rudare'']] |
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There are many historical sights in Kuršumlija from that era: Mara Tower, Ivan Tower, and many medieval churches. The name in that period was '''Bele Crkve''' (White Churches) and '''Toplica'''. After the invasion by the [[Ottoman Empire]] in the 14th century, the Ottomans gave the town its current name, simply by translating the old name, Bele Crkve (White Churches). During Ottoman rule, Kuršumlija was part of the [[Sanjak of Niš]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Godišnjak grada Beograda|year=1977|publisher=Museum of the Belgrade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OE_jAAAAMAAJ&q=%22%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8+%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%9F%D0%B0%D0%BA%22|access-date=11 July 2011|page=116}}</ref> [[File:Oslobođena Kuršumlija 1917.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Kuršumlija liberated from Bulgarian occupation, 1917]] |
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Toponyms such as ''Arbanaška'' and ''Đjake'' show an historic Albanian presence in the Toplica and Southern Morava regions (located north-east of contemporary Kosovo) before [[The Expulsion of Albanians 1877–1878|the expulsion of Albanians during 1877–78 period]].<ref>Uka, Sabit (2004). ''Jeta dhe veprimtaria e shqiptarëve të Sanxhakut të Nishit deri më 1912 [Life and activity of Albanians in the Sanjak of Nish up to 1912]''. Verana. pp. 244–45; {{ISBN|9789951864527}}. "Eshtë, po ashtu, me peshë historike një shënim i M. Gj Miliçeviqit, i cili bën fjalë përkitazi me Ivan Begun. ''Ivan Begu'', sipas tij ishte pjesëmarrës në Luftën e Kosovës 1389. Në mbështetje të vendbanimit të tij, ''Ivan'' Kullës, fshati emërtohet ''Ivan Kulla'' (Kulla e Ivanit), që gjendet në mes të Kurshumlisë dhe Prokuplës. M. Gj. Miliçeviqi thotë: "Shqiptarët e ruajten fshatin Ivan Kullë (1877–1878) dhe nuk lejuan që të shkatërrohet ajo". Ata, shqiptaret e Ivan Kullës (1877–1878) i thanë M. Gj. Miliçeviqit se janë aty që nga para Luftës se Kosovës (1389). [12] Dhe treguan që trupat e arrave, që ndodhen aty, ata i pat mbjellë Ivan beu. Atypari, në malin Gjakë, nodhet kështjella që i shërbeu Ivanit (Gjonit) dhe shqiptarëve për t’u mbrojtur. Aty ka pasur gjurma jo vetëm nga shekulli XIII dhe XIV, por edhe të shekullit XV ku vërehen gjurmat mjaft të shumta toponimike si fshati ''Arbanashka'', lumi ''Arbanashka'', mali ''Arbanashka'', fshati ''Gjakë'', mali ''Gjakë'' e tjerë. [13] Në shekullin XVI përmendet lagja shqiptare Pllanë jo larg Prokuplës. [14] Ne këtë shekull përmenden edhe shqiptarët katolike në qytetin Prokuplë, në Nish, në Prishtinë dhe në Bulgari.[15].... [12] M. Đj. Miličević. ''Kralevina Srbije, Novi Krajevi''. Beograd, 1884: 354. "Kur flet mbi fshatin Ivankullë cekë se banorët shqiptarë ndodheshin aty prej Betejës së Kosovës 1389. Banorët e Ivankullës në krye me Ivan Begun jetojnë aty prej shek. XIV dhe janë me origjinë shqiptare. Shqiptarët u takojnë të tri konfesioneve, por shumica e tyre i takojnë atij musliman, mandej ortodoks dhe një pakicë i përket konfesionit katolik." [13] ''Oblast Brankovića, Opširni katastarski popis iz 1455 godine'', përgatitur nga M. Handžic, H. Hadžibegić i E. Kovačević, Sarajevo, 1972: 216. [14] Skënder Rizaj, T, K "Perparimi" i vitit XIX, Prishtinë 1973: 57.[15] Jovan M. Tomić, ''O Arnautima u Srbiji, Beograd'', 1913: 13. [It is, as such, of historic weight in a footnote of M. Đj. Miličević, who says a few words regarding Ivan Beg. Ivan Beg, according to him participated in the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. In support of his residence, Ivan Kula, the village was named Ivan Kula (Tower of Ivan), located in the middle of Kuršumlija and Prokuple. M. Đj. Miličević says: "Albanians safeguarded the village Ivan Kula (1877–1878) and did not permit its destruction." Those Albanians of Ivan Kulla (1877–1878) told M.Đj. Miličević that they have been there since before the Kosovo War (1389). And they showed where the bodies of the walnut trees were, that Ivan Bey had planted. Then there to Mount Đjake, is the castle that served Ivan (John) and Albanians used to defend themselves. There were traces not only from the XIII and XIV centuries, but the XV century where we see fairly multiple toponymic traces like the village Arbanaška, river Arbanaška, mountain Arbanaška, village Đjake, mountain Đjake and others. In the sixteenth century mentioned is the Albanian neighborhood Plana not far from Prokuple. [14] In this century is mentioned also Catholic Albanians in the town of Prokuplje, Niš, Priština and in Bulgaria.[15].... [12] M. Đj. Miličević. Kralevina Srbije, Novi Krajevi. Beograd, 1884: 354. When speaking about the village Ivankula, its residents state that Albanians were there from the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. Residents of Ivankula headed by Ivan Beg are living there since the XIV century and they are of Albanian origin. Albanians belong to three religions, but most of them belong to the Muslim one, after Orthodoxy and then a minority belongs to the Catholic confession. [13] Oblast Brankovića, Opširni katastarski popis iz 1455 godine, përgatitur nga M. Handžic, H. Hadžibegić i E. Kovačević, Sarajevo, 1972: 216. [14] Skënder Rizaj, T, K "Perparimi" i vitit XIX, Prishtinë 1973: 57. [15] Jovan M. Tomić, O Arnautima u Srbiji, Beograd, 1913: 13.]"</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Formation of a Diasporic Community: The History of Migration and Resettlement of Muslim Albanians in the Black Sea Region of Turkey: Middle Eastern Studies: Vol 45, No 4|pages=556–57|quote=Using secondary sources, we establish that there have been Albanians living in the area of Nish for at least 500 years, that the Ottoman Empire controlled the area from the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries which led to many Albanians converting to Islam, that the Muslim Albanians of Nish were forced to leave in 1878, and that at that time most of these Nishan Albanians migrated south into Kosovo, although some went to Skopje in Macedonia.; pg. 557. It is generally believed that the Albanians in Samsun Province are the descendants of the migrants and refugees from Kosovo who arrived in Turkey during the wars of 1912–13. Based on our research in Samsun Province, we argue that this information is partial and misleading. The interviews we conducted with the Albanian families and community leaders in the region and the review of Ottoman history show that part of the Albanian community in Samsun was founded through three stages of successive migrations. The first migration involved the forced removal of Muslim Albanians from the Sancak of Nish in 1878; the second migration occurred when these migrants’ children fled from the massacres in Kosovo in 1912–13 to Anatolia; and the third migration took place between 1913 and 1924 from the scattered villages in Central Anatolia where they were originally placed to the Samsun area in the Black Sea Region. Thus, the Albanian community founded in the 1920s in Samsun was in many ways a reassembling of the demolished Muslim Albanian community of Nish…. Our interviews indicate that Samsun Albanians descend from Albanians who had been living in the villages around the city of Nish… pp. 557–58. In 1690 much of the population of the city and surrounding area was killed or fled, and there was an emigration of Albanians from the Malësia e Madhe (North Central Albania/Eastern Montenegro) and Dukagjin Plateau (Western Kosovo) into Nish.|doi=10.1080/00263200903009619|volume=45|issue=4|journal=Middle Eastern Studies|year = 2009|last1 = Geniş|first1 = Şerife|last2=Maynard|first2=Kelly Lynne|s2cid=143742189}}</ref> |
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The rural parts of [[Toplica (river)|Toplica]] valley and adjoining semi-mountainous interior were inhabited by compact Muslim Albanian population, while Serbs in those areas lived near the river mouths and mountain slopes, and both peoples inhabited other regions of the South Morava river basin.{{sfn|Jagodić|1998|loc=para. 4, 9, 32–42, 45–61}}<ref name=Lukovic2011>Luković, Miloš (2011) [https://www.jstor.org/stable/42640413?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents "Development of the Modern Serbian state and abolishment of Ottoman Agrarian relations in the 19th century"], ''Český lid''. '''98'''. (3): 298. "During the second war (December 1877—January 1878) the Muslim population fled towns (Vranya (Vranje), Leskovac, Ürgüp (Prokuplje), Niş (Niš), Şehirköy (Pirot), etc.) as well as rural settlements where they comprised ethnically compact communities (certain parts of Toplica, Jablanica, Pusta Reka, Masurica and other regions in the South Morava River basin). At the end of the war these Muslim refugees ended up in the region of Kosovo and Metohija, in the territory of the Ottoman Empire, following the demarcation of the new border with the Principality of Serbia. [38] [38] On Muslim refugees (''muhaciri'') from the regions of southeast Serbia, who relocated in Macedonia and Kosovo, see Trifunovski 1978, Radovanovič 2000."</ref> |
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As in the wider Toplica region,<ref>Bataković, Dušan T. (2007). ''Kosovo and Metohija: living in the enclave'', Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 35; retrieved 22 June 2011; "Prior to the Second Serbo-Ottoman War (1877-78), Albanians were the majority population in some areas of Sanjak of Nis (Toplica region), while from the Serb majority district of Vranje Albanian-inhabited villages were emptied after the 1877-1878 war"</ref> Kuršumlija also had an Albanian majority.<ref>Bataković, Dušan T. (2007). Kosovo and Metohija: living in the enclave. Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 35; retrieved 22 June 2011. "Prior to the Second Serbo-Ottoman War (1877-78), Albanians were the majority population in some areas of Sanjak of Nis (Toplica region), while from the Serb majority district of Vranje Albanian-inhabited villages were emptied after the 1877-1878 war"</ref>{{sfn|Jagodić|1998|loc= para. 4, 5, 6}} These Albanians were expelled by Serbian forces<ref name=Turovic2002>{{cite book|last=Turović|first=Dobrosav|title=Gornja Jablanica, Kroz istoriju|year=2002|publisher=Beograd Zavičajno udruženje|pages=87–89}}</ref><ref name=Uka2004gjur>Uka, Sabit (2004). ''Gjurmë mbi shqiptarët e Sanxhakut të Nishit deri më 1912 [Traces on Albanians of the Sanjak of Nish up to 1912]''. Verana. p. 155; {{ISBN|9789951864527}}; "Në kohët e sotme fshatra të Jabllanicës, të banuara kryesisht me shqiptare, janë këto: Tupalla, Kapiti, Gërbavci, Sfirca, Llapashtica e Epërrne. Ndërkaq, fshatra me popullsi te përzier me shqiptar, malazezë dhe serbë, jane këto: Stara Banja, Ramabanja, Banja e Sjarinës, Gjylekreshta (Gjylekari), Sijarina dhe qendra komunale Medvegja. Dy familje shqiptare ndeshen edhe në Iagjen e Marovicës, e quajtur Sinanovë, si dhe disa familje në vetë qendrën e Leskovcit. Vllasa është zyrtarisht lagje e fshatit Gërbavc, Dediqi, është lagje e Medvegjes dhe Dukati, lagje e Sijarinës. Në popull konsiderohen edhe si vendbanime të veçanta. Kështu qendron gjendja demografike e trevës në fjalë, përndryshe para Luftës se Dytë Botërore Sijarina dhe Gjylekari ishin fshatra me populisi të perzier, bile në këtë te fundit ishin shumë familje serbe, kurse tani shumicën e përbëjnë shqiptarët. [In contemporary times, villages in the Jablanica area, inhabited mainly by Albanians, are these: Tupale, Kapiti, Grbavce, Svirca, Gornje Lapaštica. Meanwhile, the mixed villages populated by Albanians, Montenegrins and Serbs, are these: Stara Banja, Ravna Banja, Sjarinska Banja, Đulekrešta (Đulekari) Sijarina and the municipal center Medveđa. Two Albanian families are also encountered in the neighborhood of Marovica called Sinanovo, and some families in the center of Leskovac. Vllasa is formally a neighborhood of the village Grbavce, Dedići is a neighborhood of Medveđa and Dukati, a neighborhood of Sijarina. So this is the demographic situation in question that remains, somewhat different before World War II as Sijarina and Đulekari were villages with mixed populations, even in this latter settlement were many Serb families, and now the majority is made up of Albanians.]"</ref><ref name=Blumi2013>Blumi, Isa (2013). [https://books.google.com/books?id=nTKaAAAAQBAJ ''Ottoman refugees, 1878–1939: migration in a post-imperial world'']. A&C Black, pg. 50; {{ISBN|9781472515384}}; "As these Niš refugees waited for acknowledgment from locals, they took measures to ensure that they were properly accommodated by often confiscating food stored in towns. They also simply appropriated lands and began to build shelter on them. A number of cases also point to banditry in the form of livestock raiding and "illegal" hunting in communal forests, all parts of refugees’ repertoire... At this early stage of the crisis, such actions overwhelmed the Ottoman state, with the institution least capable of addressing these issues being the newly created Muhacirin Müdüriyeti... Ignored in the scholarship, these acts of survival by desperate refugees constituted a serious threat to the established Kosovar communities. The leaders of these communities thus spent considerable efforts lobbying the Sultan to do something about the refugees. While these Niš muhacir would in some ways integrate into the larger regional context, as evidenced later, they, and a number of other Albanian-speaking refugees streaming in for the next 20 years from Montenegro and Serbia, constituted a strong opposition block to the Sultan’s rule."; pg. 53; "One can observe that in strategically important areas, the new Serbian state purposefully left the old Ottoman laws intact. More important, when the state wished to enforce its authority, officials felt it necessary to seek the assistance of those with some experience, using the old Ottoman administrative codes to assist judges make rulings. There still remained, however, the problem of the region being largely depopulated as a consequence of the wars... Belgrade needed these people, mostly the landowners of the productive farmlands surrounding these towns, back. In subsequent attempts to lure these economically vital people back, while paying lip-service to the nationalist calls for "purification", Belgrade officials adopted a compromise position that satisfied both economic rationalists who argued that Serbia needed these people and those who wanted to separate "Albanians" from "Serbs". Instead of returning to their "mixed" villages and towns of the previous Ottoman era, these "Albanians," "Pomoks," and "Turks" were encouraged to move into concentrated clusters of villages in Masurica, and Gornja Jablanica that the Serbian state set up for them. For this "repatriation" to work, however, authorities needed the cooperation of local leaders to help persuade members of their community who were refugees in Ottoman territories to "return." In this regard, the collaboration between Shahid Pasha and the Serbian regime stands out. An Albanian who commanded the Sofia barracks during the war, Shahid Pasha negotiated directly with the future king of Serbia, Prince Milan Obrenović, to secure the safety of those returnees who would settle in the many villages of Gornja Jablanica. To help facilitate such collaborative ventures, laws were needed that would guarantee the safety of these communities likely to be targeted by the rising nationalist elements infiltrating the Serbian army at the time. Indeed, throughout the 1880s, efforts were made to regulate the interaction between exiled Muslim landowners and those local and newly immigrant farmers working their lands. Furthermore, laws passed in early 1880 began a process of managing the resettlement of the region that accommodated those refugees who came from Austrian-controlled Herzegovina and from Bulgaria. Cooperation, in other words, was the preferred form of exchange within the borderland, not violent confrontation."</ref> in a way that today would be characterized as [[ethnic cleansing]].<ref name=Muller>{{cite journal | url=http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/187633009x411485 | doi=10.1163/187633009x411485 | title=Orientalism and Nation: Jews and Muslims as Alterity in Southeastern Europe in the Age of Nation-States, 1878–1941 | year=2009 | last1=Müller | first1=Dietmar | journal=East Central Europe | volume=36 | pages=63–99 }}</ref> According to the travels of M. Rakić, There were 127 villages in the Kuršumlija district, with Kuršumlija being the only town. After the Serbo-Ottoman war in 1878, the town remained completely vacant, and the Muslims who left the region were [[Albanians]]. It is estimated that approximately 17,604 Albanians left the Kuršumlija district during this time.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jagodić |first1=Miloš |title=The Emigration of Muslims from the New Serbian Regions 1877/1878 |journal=Balkanologie |date=1 December 1998 |volume=2 |issue=2 |doi=10.4000/balkanologie.265 |s2cid=140637086 |url=https://journals.openedition.org/balkanologie/265}}</ref> |
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In 1878, Kuršumlija became a part of the [[Principality of Serbia]], which in 1882 became the [[Kingdom of Serbia]]. From 1929 to 1941, Kuršumlija was part of the [[Morava Banovina]] of the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]].{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} |
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===1999 NATO bombing=== |
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Kuršumlija was bombed on multiple occasions during the [[1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]]. The Yugoslav army barracks were struck by NATO bombs on 24 March 1999, after which nine officers and two soldiers were killed.<ref name="Toplicki">{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/vesti/srbija/jos-sanjam-pogled-nastradalog-druga/s6xwrsc|author=Ljiljana Danilović|title=Blic: ''Još sanjam pogled nastradalog druga''|language=sr|date=25 March 2010|access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref> A total of 41 soldiers were injured in the same bombing that night.<ref name="Toplicki"/> On 12 April 1999, six civilians were killed in [[Merdare]] from NATO airstrikes on the border of Kuršumlija and Podujevo.<ref name="Slovo1">{{cite web|url=http://slovojuga.org.rs/da-se-ne-zaboravi-18-godina-od-nato-bombardovanja/|author=Dragan Ilić|title=Слово Југа: ''Да се не заборави: 18 година од НАТО бомбардовања''|language=sr|date=24 March 2017|access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref> |
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==Settlements== |
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Aside from the town of Kuršumlija, the following villages comprise the municipality of Kuršumlija: |
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* {{ill|Babica (Kuršumlija)|lt=Babica|sr|Бабица}} |
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* [[Barlovo]] |
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* [[Baćoglava]] |
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* [[Belo Polje (Kuršumlija)|Belo Polje]] |
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* [[Bogujevac (Kuršumlija)|Bogujevac]] |
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* [[Vasiljevac]] |
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* [[Veliko Pupavce]] |
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* [[Visoka (Kuršumlija)|Visoka]] |
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* [[Vlahinja]] |
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* [[Vrelo (Kuršumlija)|Vrelo]] |
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* [[Vrševac]] |
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* [[Vukojevac (Kuršumlija)|Vukojevac]] |
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* [[Gornja Mikuljana]] |
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* [[Gornje Točane]] |
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* [[Grabovnica, Serbia|Grabovnica]] |
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* [[Dabinovac]] |
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* [[Dankoviće]] |
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* [[Degrmen]] |
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* [[Dedinac]] |
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* [[Dešiška]] |
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* [[Dobri Do (Kuršumlija)|Dobri Do]] |
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* [[Donja Mikuljana]] |
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* [[Donje Točane]] |
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* [[Dubrava (Kuršumlija)|Dubrava]] |
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* [[Đake]] |
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* [[Žalica]] |
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* [[Žegrova]] |
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* [[Žuč]] |
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* [[Zagrađe (Kuršumlija)|Zagrađe]] |
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* [[Zebica (Kuršumlija)|Zebica]] |
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* [[Ivan Kula]] |
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* [[Igrište (Kuršumlija)|Igrište]] |
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* [[Kastrat (Kuršumlija)|Kastrat]] |
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* [[Konjuva]] |
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* [[Kosmača]] |
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* [[Krtok]] |
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* [[Krčmare]] |
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* [[Kupinovo (Kuršumlija)|Kupinovo]] |
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* [[Kuršumlijska Banja]] |
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* [[Kutlovo (Kuršumlija)|Kutlovo]] |
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* [[Lukovo (Kuršumlija)|Lukovo]] |
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* [[Ljutova (Kuršumlija)|Ljutova]] |
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* [[Ljuša, Serbia|Ljuša]] |
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* [[Magovo]] |
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* [[Mala Kosanica]] |
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* [[Maričiće]] |
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* [[Markoviće]] |
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* [[Matarova]] |
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* [[Mačja Stena]] |
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* [[Mačkovac (Kuršumlija)|Mačkovac]] |
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* [[Merdare]] |
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* [[Merćez]] |
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* [[Mehane]] |
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* [[Mirnica]] |
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* [[Mrče]] |
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* [[Nevada (Kuršumlija)|Nevada]] |
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* [[Novo Selo (Kuršumlija)|Novo Selo]] |
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* [[Orlovac]] |
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* [[Parada (Kuršumlija)|Parada]] |
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* [[Pačarađa]] |
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* [[Pevaštica]] |
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* [[Pepeljevac (Kuršumlija)|Pepeljevac]] |
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* [[Perunika]] |
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* [[Pljakovo]] |
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* [[Prevetica]] |
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* [[Prekorađe]] |
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* [[Prolom]] |
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* [[Ravni Šort]] |
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* [[Rastelica]] |
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* [[Rača (Kuršumlija)|Rača]] |
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* [[Rudare (Kuršumlija)|Rudare]] |
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* [[Sagonjevo]] |
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* [[Samokovo]] |
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* [[Svinjište (Kuršumlija)|Svinjište]] |
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* [[Sekirača]] |
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* [[Selište (Kuršumlija)|Selište]] |
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* [[Selova]] |
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* [[Seoce, Kuršumlija|Seoce]] |
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* [[Spance]] |
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* [[Tačevac]] |
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* [[Tijovac (Kuršumlija)|Tijovac]] |
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* [[Tmava]] |
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* [[Trebinje (Kuršumlija)|Trebinje]] |
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* [[Trećak]] |
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* [[Trmka]] |
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* [[Trn (Kuršumlija)|Trn]] |
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* [[Trpeza]] |
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* [[Šatra]] |
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* [[Štava]] |
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==Demographics== |
==Demographics== |
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{{Historical populations |
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{{Update|type=section|date=November 2011}} |
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Kuršumlija Municipality include one urban and 89 rural settlements. According to the 2002 census there are 21,608 inhabitants in the municipality, 35% of that number are rural.<br> |
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Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census): |
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|1948|37284 |1953|39772 |1961|36896 |1971|31672 |1981|27629 |1991|23590 |2002|21608 |2011|19213 |2022|15905 |
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*[[Serbs]] = 20,718 (95.88%) |
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| source = <ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia |url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Knjiga20.pdf |website=stat.gov.rs |publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia |access-date=12 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714191241/http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Knjiga20.pdf |archive-date=14 July 2014 }}</ref> |
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*[[Roma (Romani subgroup)|Roma]] = 317 (1.47%) |
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*[[Montenegrins]] = 119 (0.55%) |
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The municipality of Kuršumlija includes one urban and 89 rural settlements. As of 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 15,905 inhabitants.<ref name="census2022-firstresults" /> As of 2011 census, the municipality of Kuršumlija has 6,962 households with 2,76 members on average, while the number of homes is 11,374.<ref>{{cite web|title=Number and the floor space of housing units|url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Knjiga%2022_Broj%20i%20povrsina%20stambenih%20jedinica-Number%20and%20the%20floor%20space%20of%20housing%20units.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia|access-date=21 March 2018|language=sr}}</ref> |
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*others = 454 (2.3%). |
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The religious structure of the municipality is predominantly [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox]] (18,764), with minorities like [[Atheism|Atheist]]s (22), [[Islam|Muslim]]s (17), [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]s (14) and others.<ref name="popis50">{{cite web|title=Religion, Mother tongue, and Ethnicity|url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Knjiga4_Veroispovest.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia|access-date=21 March 2018|language=sr}}</ref> Most of the population speaks [[Serbian language|Serbian]] (18,687).<ref name="popis50"/> |
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Ethnic groups in the town (2002 census): |
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*[[Serbs]] = 13,061 (95.76%) |
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The composition of population by sex and average age:<ref name="popis50"/> |
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*[[Roma (Romani subgroup)|Roma]] = 207 (1.52%) |
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* Male - 9,862 (41.54 years) and |
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*others. |
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* Female - 9,351 (44.43 years). |
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A total of 7,356 citizens (older than 15 years) have [[secondary education]] (44.8%), while 1,606 citizens have [[higher education]] (9.8%). Of those with higher education, 898 (5.5%) have university education.<ref name="popis51">{{cite web|title=Educational attainment, literacy and computer literacy|url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Skolska%20sprema,%20pismenost%20i%20kompjuterska%20pismenost-Educational%20attainment,%20literacy%20and%20computer%20literacy%20.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia|access-date=21 March 2018|language=sr}}</ref> |
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===Ethnic groups=== |
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The ethnic composition of the municipality: |
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! Population |
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!% |
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|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Serbs]]||align="right"|18,528 |
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|96.43% |
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|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Romani people in Serbia|Roma]]||align="right"|339 |
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|1.76% |
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|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Montenegrins of Serbia|Montenegrins]]||align="right"|47 |
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|0.24% |
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|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Croats of Serbia|Croats]]||align="right"|8 |
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|0.04% |
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|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Gorani people in Serbia|Gorani]]||align="right"|8 |
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|0.04% |
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|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Macedonians in Serbia|Macedonians]]||align="right"|6 |
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|0.03% |
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|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Yugoslavs in Serbia|Yugoslavs]]||align="right"|5 |
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|0.03% |
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|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Albanians in Serbia|Albanians]]||align="right"|5 |
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|0.03% |
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|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Russians]]||align="right"|5 |
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|0.03% |
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|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Others||align="right"|262 |
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|1.36% |
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|style="background:#F0F0F0;"|'''Total'''||align="right"|19,213 |
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==Tourism== |
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Kuršumlija is known for a natural monument of [[Hoodoo (geology)|hoodoos]] near Mount Radan known as ''[[Đavolja Varoš]]'' ('Devil's Town'). There are three spas (''banjas''): the [[Prolom Banja]], [[Kuršumlijska Banja]], and [[Lukovska Banja]]. Prolom water is bottled at the Prolom Spa. |
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File:Đavolja Varoš.jpg|''Devil's Town'' |
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File:Devil's Town 1 - Ђавоља Варош.jpg|''Devil's Town'' |
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File:Djavolja varos - Miodrag 3.jpg|''Devil's Town'' |
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File:Djavolja varos - Miodrag 2.jpg|''Devil's Town'' |
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File:Prolom Banja Freska2.jpg|''Prolom Spa Center'' |
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File:Куршумлиска Бања - Kuršumliska banja.jpg|''Kuršumlija Spa Center Hotel'' |
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==Economy== |
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The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):<ref name="stats18">{{cite web|title=MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, 2019.|url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2019/PdfE/G201913046.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=[[Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia]]|date=25 December 2019|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref> |
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|Agriculture, forestry and fishing||align="right"|168 |
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|Manufacturing||align="right"|1,070 |
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|Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply||align="right"|31 |
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|Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities||align="right"|94 |
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|Construction||align="right"|90 |
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|Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles||align="right"|417 |
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|Transportation and storage||align="right"|242 |
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|Accommodation and food services||align="right"|109 |
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|Information and communication||align="right"|33 |
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|Financial and insurance activities||align="right"|25 |
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|Real estate activities||align="right"|- |
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|Professional, scientific and technical activities||align="right"|91 |
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|Administrative and support service activities||align="right"|23 |
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|Public administration and defense; compulsory social security||align="right"|461 |
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|Education||align="right"|312 |
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|Human health and social work activities||align="right"|441 |
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|Arts, entertainment and recreation||align="right"|40 |
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|Other service activities||align="right"|141 |
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|Individual agricultural workers||align="right"|208 |
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|'''Total'''||align="right"|'''3,997''' |
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==Gallery== |
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File:Немањина престоница.jpg|''St. Nicholas Monastery'' |
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File:Sveti Nikola Kursumlija11.jpg|''St. Nicholas Monastery'' |
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File:Manastir Svetog Nikole u Kuršumliji.JPG|''St. Nicholas Monastery'' |
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File:Orthodox Church Irinej.jpg|''Orthodox Church Irinej'' |
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File:28.09.13 Kuršumlija 711.013 (10101106915).jpg|''Kuršumlija Railway station'' |
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File:Pan Kursumlija.jpg|''Panorama of Kuršumlija'' |
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==Notable people== |
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[[File:Mara Branković, Esphigmenou charter (1429).jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Mara Branković]], of Serbian royal family Branković, died in Kuršumlija]] |
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*The most notable [[Župa|Grand Prince of Serbia]], [[Stefan Nemanja]], established his first capital, Bele Crkve, near the location of today's Kuršumlija in 1166–1172. His wife, Grand Princess [[Anastasia of Serbia|Anastasia (Ana)]], died and was buried here as a [[nun]], St. Anastasia Nemanjic. |
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*[[Mara Branković|Sultania Mara]], daughter of [[Despotes|Despot]] [[George, Prince of Rascia|Đurađ Branković]], later wife of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Emperor]] [[Murad II]], and step mother of Emperor [[Mehmed II]] also at the end of her life came to live here as a nun in monastery of Holy Mother of God, where she made a fortress called Mara Tower. She died in around 1487. |
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*[[Kosta Pećanac]], a notable Serbian soldier in the [[First World War|First]] and [[Second World War]]. His house is protected of by the municipality. |
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*[[Dragoljub Mićunović]] (born in 1930. in Merdare, Kuršumlija), professor of at the [[University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy]]. He was a dissident during the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Communist period]], and the first president of the [[Democratic Party (Serbia)|Democratic Party]]. He was the first president of parliament of [[Serbia and Montenegro|State Union of Serbia & Montenegro]]. |
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* [[Momčilo Đokić]], He played a total of 13 matches for the Yugoslavia national football team. His debut was on 13 April 1930, against Bulgaria, in Belgrade, a 6–1 win, and his fairway match was on 13 December 1936, in Paris against France, a 0–1 loss. He played all the matches at the 1930 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay. |
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* [[Žarko Dragojević]], director, born in Kuršumlija, professor at the Faculty of Drama at the [[University of Belgrade]]. He is director of several notable films, including {{lang|sr|italic=no|Kuća pored pruge}} (House by the tracks) and {{lang|sr|italic=no|Noć u kući moje majke}} (Night in my mother's house). He also directed many documentaries, among them series on [[Serbian monasteries]] for the Serbian national broadcaster ([[Radio Television of Serbia|RTS]]). |
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* [[Vojin Šulović]], academician, humanist, doctor of gynaecology. 7 July and October awards of city of Belgrade winner. Also Serbian medical society award winner and Serbian warrior medallist. Smederevo and Kuršumlija municipality freeman.<ref>[http://archonline.bio.bg.ac.rs/VOL60/SVESKA%202/IM%203%20Sulovic.pdf in memoriam academician Vojin ŠuloViĆ(1923-2008)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811182953/http://archonline.bio.bg.ac.rs/VOL60/SVESKA%202/IM%203%20Sulovic.pdf |date=11 August 2011 }}</ref> |
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Kuršumlija
Куршумлија (Serbian) | |
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Town and municipality | |
Coordinates: 43°09′N 21°16′E / 43.150°N 21.267°E | |
Country | Serbia |
Region | Southern and Eastern Serbia |
District | Toplica |
Settlements | 90 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Radoljub Vidić (SNS) |
Area | |
• Town | 7.90 km2 (3.05 sq mi) |
• Municipality | 952 km2 (368 sq mi) |
Elevation | 366 m (1,201 ft) |
Population (2022 census)[2] | |
• Municipality | 15,905 |
• Municipality density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 18430 |
Area code | +381(0)27 |
Car plates | PK |
Website | www |
Kuršumlija (Serbian Cyrillic: Куршумлија, pronounced [kurʃǔmlija]) is a town and municipality located in the Toplica District of the southern Serbia. It is situated near the rivers Toplica, Kosanica and Banjska, southeast of Mount Kopaonik and northwest of Mount Radan. As of 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 15,905 inhabitants.[2]
Geography
Kuršumlija sits on the area of 952 km2 (367.57 sq mi) and administratively is in Toplica District. Its borders the municipalities of Brus, Blace, Prokuplje, Medveđa, Podujevo, and Leposavić. Its southwest border (105 km) is within the disputed territory of Kosovo.
Climate
Kuršumlija has an Oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb).
Climate data for Kuršumlija (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
35.8 (96.4) |
37.4 (99.3) |
42.8 (109.0) |
40.2 (104.4) |
37.4 (99.3) |
35.1 (95.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
42.8 (109.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.1 (84.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
18.4 (65.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) |
2.1 (35.8) |
6.0 (42.8) |
10.8 (51.4) |
15.2 (59.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
15.8 (60.4) |
11.1 (52.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
1.6 (34.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.9 (25.0) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
0.5 (32.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
13.5 (56.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
5.6 (42.1) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
5.1 (41.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −23.5 (−10.3) |
−19.5 (−3.1) |
−19.0 (−2.2) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
3.7 (38.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−18.4 (−1.1) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 44.7 (1.76) |
44.2 (1.74) |
56.1 (2.21) |
57.2 (2.25) |
71.9 (2.83) |
59.9 (2.36) |
68.9 (2.71) |
45.7 (1.80) |
54.8 (2.16) |
57.1 (2.25) |
51.7 (2.04) |
58.7 (2.31) |
670.9 (26.42) |
Source: hidmet.gov.rs [3] |
History
The Romans established the Ad Fines military outpost in the 3rd century AD. There are also remains of churches from the Byzantine period. The Serbian principality of Rascia expanded from this region. Stefan Nemanja, a Serbian lord (župan), and the founder of Nemanjić dynasty, built his residence here, as well as the two monasteries of St Nicolas and the Holy Mother of God (before 1168).[citation needed]
There are many historical sights in Kuršumlija from that era: Mara Tower, Ivan Tower, and many medieval churches. The name in that period was Bele Crkve (White Churches) and Toplica. After the invasion by the Ottoman Empire in the 14th century, the Ottomans gave the town its current name, simply by translating the old name, Bele Crkve (White Churches). During Ottoman rule, Kuršumlija was part of the Sanjak of Niš.[4]
Toponyms such as Arbanaška and Đjake show an historic Albanian presence in the Toplica and Southern Morava regions (located north-east of contemporary Kosovo) before the expulsion of Albanians during 1877–78 period.[5][6]
The rural parts of Toplica valley and adjoining semi-mountainous interior were inhabited by compact Muslim Albanian population, while Serbs in those areas lived near the river mouths and mountain slopes, and both peoples inhabited other regions of the South Morava river basin.[7][8]
As in the wider Toplica region,[9] Kuršumlija also had an Albanian majority.[10][11] These Albanians were expelled by Serbian forces[12][13][14] in a way that today would be characterized as ethnic cleansing.[15] According to the travels of M. Rakić, There were 127 villages in the Kuršumlija district, with Kuršumlija being the only town. After the Serbo-Ottoman war in 1878, the town remained completely vacant, and the Muslims who left the region were Albanians. It is estimated that approximately 17,604 Albanians left the Kuršumlija district during this time.[16]
In 1878, Kuršumlija became a part of the Principality of Serbia, which in 1882 became the Kingdom of Serbia. From 1929 to 1941, Kuršumlija was part of the Morava Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[citation needed]
1999 NATO bombing
Kuršumlija was bombed on multiple occasions during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav army barracks were struck by NATO bombs on 24 March 1999, after which nine officers and two soldiers were killed.[17] A total of 41 soldiers were injured in the same bombing that night.[17] On 12 April 1999, six civilians were killed in Merdare from NATO airstrikes on the border of Kuršumlija and Podujevo.[18]
Settlements
Aside from the town of Kuršumlija, the following villages comprise the municipality of Kuršumlija:
- Babica
- Barlovo
- Baćoglava
- Belo Polje
- Bogujevac
- Vasiljevac
- Veliko Pupavce
- Visoka
- Vlahinja
- Vrelo
- Vrševac
- Vukojevac
- Gornja Mikuljana
- Gornje Točane
- Grabovnica
- Dabinovac
- Dankoviće
- Degrmen
- Dedinac
- Dešiška
- Dobri Do
- Donja Mikuljana
- Donje Točane
- Dubrava
- Đake
- Žalica
- Žegrova
- Žuč
- Zagrađe
- Zebica
- Ivan Kula
- Igrište
- Kastrat
- Konjuva
- Kosmača
- Krtok
- Krčmare
- Kupinovo
- Kuršumlijska Banja
- Kutlovo
- Lukovo
- Ljutova
- Ljuša
- Magovo
- Mala Kosanica
- Maričiće
- Markoviće
- Matarova
- Mačja Stena
- Mačkovac
- Merdare
- Merćez
- Mehane
- Mirnica
- Mrče
- Nevada
- Novo Selo
- Orlovac
- Parada
- Pačarađa
- Pevaštica
- Pepeljevac
- Perunika
- Pljakovo
- Prevetica
- Prekorađe
- Prolom
- Ravni Šort
- Rastelica
- Rača
- Rudare
- Sagonjevo
- Samokovo
- Svinjište
- Sekirača
- Selište
- Selova
- Seoce
- Spance
- Tačevac
- Tijovac
- Tmava
- Trebinje
- Trećak
- Trmka
- Trn
- Trpeza
- Šatra
- Štava
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1948 | 37,284 | — |
1953 | 39,772 | +1.30% |
1961 | 36,896 | −0.93% |
1971 | 31,672 | −1.52% |
1981 | 27,629 | −1.36% |
1991 | 23,590 | −1.57% |
2002 | 21,608 | −0.79% |
2011 | 19,213 | −1.30% |
2022 | 15,905 | −1.70% |
Source: [19] |
The municipality of Kuršumlija includes one urban and 89 rural settlements. As of 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 15,905 inhabitants.[2] As of 2011 census, the municipality of Kuršumlija has 6,962 households with 2,76 members on average, while the number of homes is 11,374.[20]
The religious structure of the municipality is predominantly Serbian Orthodox (18,764), with minorities like Atheists (22), Muslims (17), Catholics (14) and others.[21] Most of the population speaks Serbian (18,687).[21]
The composition of population by sex and average age:[21]
- Male - 9,862 (41.54 years) and
- Female - 9,351 (44.43 years).
A total of 7,356 citizens (older than 15 years) have secondary education (44.8%), while 1,606 citizens have higher education (9.8%). Of those with higher education, 898 (5.5%) have university education.[22]
Ethnic groups
The ethnic composition of the municipality:
Ethnic group | Population | % |
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Serbs | 18,528 | 96.43% |
Roma | 339 | 1.76% |
Montenegrins | 47 | 0.24% |
Croats | 8 | 0.04% |
Gorani | 8 | 0.04% |
Macedonians | 6 | 0.03% |
Yugoslavs | 5 | 0.03% |
Albanians | 5 | 0.03% |
Russians | 5 | 0.03% |
Others | 262 | 1.36% |
Total | 19,213 |
Tourism
Kuršumlija is known for a natural monument of hoodoos near Mount Radan known as Đavolja Varoš ('Devil's Town'). There are three spas (banjas): the Prolom Banja, Kuršumlijska Banja, and Lukovska Banja. Prolom water is bottled at the Prolom Spa.
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Devil's Town
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Devil's Town
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Devil's Town
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Devil's Town
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Prolom Spa Center
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Kuršumlija Spa Center Hotel
Economy
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[23]
Activity | Total |
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Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 168 |
Mining and quarrying | - |
Manufacturing | 1,070 |
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 31 |
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 94 |
Construction | 90 |
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 417 |
Transportation and storage | 242 |
Accommodation and food services | 109 |
Information and communication | 33 |
Financial and insurance activities | 25 |
Real estate activities | - |
Professional, scientific and technical activities | 91 |
Administrative and support service activities | 23 |
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 461 |
Education | 312 |
Human health and social work activities | 441 |
Arts, entertainment and recreation | 40 |
Other service activities | 141 |
Individual agricultural workers | 208 |
Total | 3,997 |
Gallery
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St. Nicholas Monastery
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St. Nicholas Monastery
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St. Nicholas Monastery
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Orthodox Church Irinej
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Kuršumlija Railway station
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Panorama of Kuršumlija
Notable people
- The most notable Grand Prince of Serbia, Stefan Nemanja, established his first capital, Bele Crkve, near the location of today's Kuršumlija in 1166–1172. His wife, Grand Princess Anastasia (Ana), died and was buried here as a nun, St. Anastasia Nemanjic.
- Sultania Mara, daughter of Despot Đurađ Branković, later wife of the Ottoman Emperor Murad II, and step mother of Emperor Mehmed II also at the end of her life came to live here as a nun in monastery of Holy Mother of God, where she made a fortress called Mara Tower. She died in around 1487.
- Kosta Pećanac, a notable Serbian soldier in the First and Second World War. His house is protected of by the municipality.
- Dragoljub Mićunović (born in 1930. in Merdare, Kuršumlija), professor of at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy. He was a dissident during the Communist period, and the first president of the Democratic Party. He was the first president of parliament of State Union of Serbia & Montenegro.
- Momčilo Đokić, He played a total of 13 matches for the Yugoslavia national football team. His debut was on 13 April 1930, against Bulgaria, in Belgrade, a 6–1 win, and his fairway match was on 13 December 1936, in Paris against France, a 0–1 loss. He played all the matches at the 1930 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay.
- Žarko Dragojević, director, born in Kuršumlija, professor at the Faculty of Drama at the University of Belgrade. He is director of several notable films, including Kuća pored pruge (House by the tracks) and Noć u kući moje majke (Night in my mother's house). He also directed many documentaries, among them series on Serbian monasteries for the Serbian national broadcaster (RTS).
- Vojin Šulović, academician, humanist, doctor of gynaecology. 7 July and October awards of city of Belgrade winner. Also Serbian medical society award winner and Serbian warrior medallist. Smederevo and Kuršumlija municipality freeman.[24]
See also
References
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- ^ a b c "Prvi rezultati Popisa stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova 2022". stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). 21 December 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
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- ^ "Kuršumlija 43 07N 21 15E h 384 m". hidmet.gov.rs. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Godišnjak grada Beograda. Museum of the Belgrade. 1977. p. 116. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ Uka, Sabit (2004). Jeta dhe veprimtaria e shqiptarëve të Sanxhakut të Nishit deri më 1912 [Life and activity of Albanians in the Sanjak of Nish up to 1912]. Verana. pp. 244–45; ISBN 9789951864527. "Eshtë, po ashtu, me peshë historike një shënim i M. Gj Miliçeviqit, i cili bën fjalë përkitazi me Ivan Begun. Ivan Begu, sipas tij ishte pjesëmarrës në Luftën e Kosovës 1389. Në mbështetje të vendbanimit të tij, Ivan Kullës, fshati emërtohet Ivan Kulla (Kulla e Ivanit), që gjendet në mes të Kurshumlisë dhe Prokuplës. M. Gj. Miliçeviqi thotë: "Shqiptarët e ruajten fshatin Ivan Kullë (1877–1878) dhe nuk lejuan që të shkatërrohet ajo". Ata, shqiptaret e Ivan Kullës (1877–1878) i thanë M. Gj. Miliçeviqit se janë aty që nga para Luftës se Kosovës (1389). [12] Dhe treguan që trupat e arrave, që ndodhen aty, ata i pat mbjellë Ivan beu. Atypari, në malin Gjakë, nodhet kështjella që i shërbeu Ivanit (Gjonit) dhe shqiptarëve për t’u mbrojtur. Aty ka pasur gjurma jo vetëm nga shekulli XIII dhe XIV, por edhe të shekullit XV ku vërehen gjurmat mjaft të shumta toponimike si fshati Arbanashka, lumi Arbanashka, mali Arbanashka, fshati Gjakë, mali Gjakë e tjerë. [13] Në shekullin XVI përmendet lagja shqiptare Pllanë jo larg Prokuplës. [14] Ne këtë shekull përmenden edhe shqiptarët katolike në qytetin Prokuplë, në Nish, në Prishtinë dhe në Bulgari.[15].... [12] M. Đj. Miličević. Kralevina Srbije, Novi Krajevi. Beograd, 1884: 354. "Kur flet mbi fshatin Ivankullë cekë se banorët shqiptarë ndodheshin aty prej Betejës së Kosovës 1389. Banorët e Ivankullës në krye me Ivan Begun jetojnë aty prej shek. XIV dhe janë me origjinë shqiptare. Shqiptarët u takojnë të tri konfesioneve, por shumica e tyre i takojnë atij musliman, mandej ortodoks dhe një pakicë i përket konfesionit katolik." [13] Oblast Brankovića, Opširni katastarski popis iz 1455 godine, përgatitur nga M. Handžic, H. Hadžibegić i E. Kovačević, Sarajevo, 1972: 216. [14] Skënder Rizaj, T, K "Perparimi" i vitit XIX, Prishtinë 1973: 57.[15] Jovan M. Tomić, O Arnautima u Srbiji, Beograd, 1913: 13. [It is, as such, of historic weight in a footnote of M. Đj. Miličević, who says a few words regarding Ivan Beg. Ivan Beg, according to him participated in the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. In support of his residence, Ivan Kula, the village was named Ivan Kula (Tower of Ivan), located in the middle of Kuršumlija and Prokuple. M. Đj. Miličević says: "Albanians safeguarded the village Ivan Kula (1877–1878) and did not permit its destruction." Those Albanians of Ivan Kulla (1877–1878) told M.Đj. Miličević that they have been there since before the Kosovo War (1389). And they showed where the bodies of the walnut trees were, that Ivan Bey had planted. Then there to Mount Đjake, is the castle that served Ivan (John) and Albanians used to defend themselves. There were traces not only from the XIII and XIV centuries, but the XV century where we see fairly multiple toponymic traces like the village Arbanaška, river Arbanaška, mountain Arbanaška, village Đjake, mountain Đjake and others. In the sixteenth century mentioned is the Albanian neighborhood Plana not far from Prokuple. [14] In this century is mentioned also Catholic Albanians in the town of Prokuplje, Niš, Priština and in Bulgaria.[15].... [12] M. Đj. Miličević. Kralevina Srbije, Novi Krajevi. Beograd, 1884: 354. When speaking about the village Ivankula, its residents state that Albanians were there from the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. Residents of Ivankula headed by Ivan Beg are living there since the XIV century and they are of Albanian origin. Albanians belong to three religions, but most of them belong to the Muslim one, after Orthodoxy and then a minority belongs to the Catholic confession. [13] Oblast Brankovića, Opširni katastarski popis iz 1455 godine, përgatitur nga M. Handžic, H. Hadžibegić i E. Kovačević, Sarajevo, 1972: 216. [14] Skënder Rizaj, T, K "Perparimi" i vitit XIX, Prishtinë 1973: 57. [15] Jovan M. Tomić, O Arnautima u Srbiji, Beograd, 1913: 13.]"
- ^ Geniş, Şerife; Maynard, Kelly Lynne (2009). "Formation of a Diasporic Community: The History of Migration and Resettlement of Muslim Albanians in the Black Sea Region of Turkey: Middle Eastern Studies: Vol 45, No 4". Middle Eastern Studies. 45 (4): 556–57. doi:10.1080/00263200903009619. S2CID 143742189.
Using secondary sources, we establish that there have been Albanians living in the area of Nish for at least 500 years, that the Ottoman Empire controlled the area from the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries which led to many Albanians converting to Islam, that the Muslim Albanians of Nish were forced to leave in 1878, and that at that time most of these Nishan Albanians migrated south into Kosovo, although some went to Skopje in Macedonia.; pg. 557. It is generally believed that the Albanians in Samsun Province are the descendants of the migrants and refugees from Kosovo who arrived in Turkey during the wars of 1912–13. Based on our research in Samsun Province, we argue that this information is partial and misleading. The interviews we conducted with the Albanian families and community leaders in the region and the review of Ottoman history show that part of the Albanian community in Samsun was founded through three stages of successive migrations. The first migration involved the forced removal of Muslim Albanians from the Sancak of Nish in 1878; the second migration occurred when these migrants' children fled from the massacres in Kosovo in 1912–13 to Anatolia; and the third migration took place between 1913 and 1924 from the scattered villages in Central Anatolia where they were originally placed to the Samsun area in the Black Sea Region. Thus, the Albanian community founded in the 1920s in Samsun was in many ways a reassembling of the demolished Muslim Albanian community of Nish…. Our interviews indicate that Samsun Albanians descend from Albanians who had been living in the villages around the city of Nish… pp. 557–58. In 1690 much of the population of the city and surrounding area was killed or fled, and there was an emigration of Albanians from the Malësia e Madhe (North Central Albania/Eastern Montenegro) and Dukagjin Plateau (Western Kosovo) into Nish.
- ^ Jagodić 1998, para. 4, 9, 32–42, 45–61.
- ^ Luković, Miloš (2011) "Development of the Modern Serbian state and abolishment of Ottoman Agrarian relations in the 19th century", Český lid. 98. (3): 298. "During the second war (December 1877—January 1878) the Muslim population fled towns (Vranya (Vranje), Leskovac, Ürgüp (Prokuplje), Niş (Niš), Şehirköy (Pirot), etc.) as well as rural settlements where they comprised ethnically compact communities (certain parts of Toplica, Jablanica, Pusta Reka, Masurica and other regions in the South Morava River basin). At the end of the war these Muslim refugees ended up in the region of Kosovo and Metohija, in the territory of the Ottoman Empire, following the demarcation of the new border with the Principality of Serbia. [38] [38] On Muslim refugees (muhaciri) from the regions of southeast Serbia, who relocated in Macedonia and Kosovo, see Trifunovski 1978, Radovanovič 2000."
- ^ Bataković, Dušan T. (2007). Kosovo and Metohija: living in the enclave, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 35; retrieved 22 June 2011; "Prior to the Second Serbo-Ottoman War (1877-78), Albanians were the majority population in some areas of Sanjak of Nis (Toplica region), while from the Serb majority district of Vranje Albanian-inhabited villages were emptied after the 1877-1878 war"
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