Kačanik

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Kachanik Kaçanik / Kaçaniku Kačanik / Качаник

Population (1991)
- Total	38,010 (municipality)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)

Kačanik or Kaçanik (Albanian: Kaçanik or Kaçaniku; Serbian: Качаник, Kačanik) is a town and municipality in southern Kosovo.

1 History
2 Demographics
3 Economy
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

An epitaph found in one grave from the 2nd century A.D. proves that inhabited localities existed in this region even in the ancient times. This grave was discovered in the early 1980s during the erection of the Shopping Mall in Kačanik, and now the epitaph is placed in the building of the shopping mall.

The town was founded by Koxha Sinan Pasha, who erected the town mosque which exists even today, a public kitchen for the poor (imaret), a school near the mosque, two hane (inns similar to caravanserais), one Turkish bath (hammam), the town fortress and a few mills on the Lepenac river.

Kačanik is known as an administrative town by the end of 16th century, and up to year 1891 it was a part of the sanjak of Üsküb (Skopje), known as "Nahije", which again belonged to the Kosovo Province of the Ottoman Empire.

[edit] Demographics

In 2007, the population of the municipality was 9,000 with 100.00% Albanians.

[edit] Economy

Considering that through Kačanik runs the main roadway that connects Priština and Skopje, as well as the railway Kosovo Polje - Thesaloniki (constructed in 1879) makes Kačanik an important place and a strategic position when it comes to economic aspect.

Kačanik municipality is mainly known for the production of construction materials. But there also exists very good grounds for the development of farms, apiculture, arboriculture, various craftmanship and artisan, and especially for the development of winter and summer tourism.

Kačanik has an old tradition in private manufactures, especially when it comes to the production of calcareous stone, wood for construction purposes and other services and artisan skills.