Preševo
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| Location in Serbia | |
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| General Information | |
| District | Pčinja |
| Land area | 264 km² |
| Population (2002 census) |
13,426 (town) 34,904 (municipality) |
| Settlements | 35 |
| Coordinates | |
| Area code | +381 17 |
| Car plates | VR |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) |
| Politics | |
| Mayor | Ragmi Mustafa (PDSh) |
Preševo (Serbian: Прешево or Preševo; Albanian: Preshevë or Presheva) is a town and municipality in Pčinja District of Serbia, bordering the Republic of Macedonia, with Kosovo's mountainous frontier in the visible western distance. According to 2002 census, the municipality of Preševo had a population of 34,904 people.
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[edit] Demographics
In 2002, the population of the municipality was composed of:
Preševo has a population consisting of ethnic Albanians who speak Albanian Gegë dialect, and Serbs, who speak the Torlakian dialect of the Serbian language. It also has the largest percentage of ethnic Albanian population in Serbia outside of Kosovo with Albanians nearing 90%.
[edit] Politics
In 1992, the Albanians of the area organized a referendum in which they voted that Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac should join Kosovo. Between 1999 and 2001, an ethnic Albanian guerilla organization, the "Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac", was operational in this region with a goal to secede these three municipalities from Yugoslavia and join them to Kosovo. The activities attracted less international media interest than the related events of Kosovo and Macedonia.
Since December 2005, the previous president lost in his seat and was replaced by the Albanian Democratic party (PDSH) with leader Ragmi Mustafa. After six mothns, the population again voted and again Ragmi Mustafa was chosen as Municipal President of Preševo for the next four years.
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