Bistrica e Shalës, Kosovo

Bistrica e Shalës (Albanian: Lumbardhi i Shalës; Serbian: Шаљска Бистрица, romanized: Šaljska Bistrica) is a settlement in the Leposavić municipality in northern Kosovo.

Bistrica e Shalës
Village
Bistrica e Shalës
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 43°0′54″N 20°49′30″E
Location Kosovo
DistrictMitrovica
MunicipalityLeposaviq
Elevation
1,940 ft (590 m)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+383

Name

In 1986, the secondary name of Šaljska Bistrica was the Slavicised version "Bistrica e Shalës".[1] The name is linked with the Albanian Shala tribe.

Geography

The village is located 12 km southeast from Leposavić, below the Kopaonik.[2] The settlement lies on both sides of the middle flow of the Bistrica, a right tributary of Ibar. The settlement is of the scattered type (razbijenog tipa), and its cadastral area includes 787 hectares.

History

The toponym Crkvište is used for the area of the church ruins.[2][3]

Demographics

The village is inhabited by an ethnic Albanian majority.[4]

References
  1. Hashim Islami (1986). Arhivski fondovi i zbirke u arhivima i arhivskim odeljenjima u SFRJ: SAP Kosovo. Vol. 9. Savez arhivskih radnika Jugoslavije. p. 135.
  2. Kalezić 2002, p. 197.
  3. Gojko Subotić (1998). Art of Kosovo: the sacred land. Monacelli Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-58093-006-2.
  4. "Municipal Profile 2018 Mitrovica Region Leposaviq" (PDF). osce.org. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

Sources
  • Kalezić, Dimitrije M. (2002). A - Z. Savremena administracija. p. 197. ISBN 9788638706716.
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