Bujanovac
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Location in Serbia | |
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General Information | |
District | Pčinja |
Land area | 461 km² |
Population (2002 census) |
12,011 (town) 43,302 (municipality) |
Settlements | 59 |
Coordinates | |
Area code | +381 17 |
Car plates | VR |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) |
Politics | |
Mayor | Nagip Arifi |
Bujanovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Бујановац; Albanian: Bujanocit) is a town and municipality in Pčinja District of Serbia, situated in the Preševo Valley and close to the eastern extreme of Kosovo.
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[edit] Population and territory
According to 2002 census, the municipality of Bujanovac had a population of 43,302 people. The Bujanovac municipality has 461 square kilometers and 59 inhabited places.
[edit] Ethnic groups
In 2002, the population of the municipality was composed of:
[edit] Politics
Between 1999 and 2001, an ethnic Albanian guerilla organization similar to the KLA, known as the "Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac", operated in this region with a goal to secede these three municipalities from Yugoslavia and join them to Kosovo (as a part of the Greater Albania picture). Though there were casualties and injuries on both sides, the events did not quite attract the same international media attention as what had been happening in Kosovo until 1999, and what was also happening south of the border in Macedonia during 2001. The situation approaching 2006 is peaceful, but not entirely stable.