Istok
| Istok | |||
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| Municipality and city | |||
| Istok (Исток) Istog | |||
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  Istok Location in Kosovo | |||
| Coordinates: 42°47′N 20°29′E / 42.783°N 20.483°E | |||
| Country | Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] | ||
| District | District of Peć | ||
| Population (2011) | |||
| • Total | 39,294 (municipality) | ||
| • Density | 86.5/km2 (224/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 31000 | ||
| Area code(s) | +381 | ||
| Car plates | 03 | ||
| Website | Municipality of Istok | ||
Istok or Istog (Albanian: Istog; Bosnian: Istok; Serbian: Исток, Istok, Turkish: İstok) is a town and municipality in the Peć district of north-western Kosovo.[lower-alpha 1] The town is the administrative capital of the municipality, which includes the town and the surrounding villages.
Name
The name of the town comes from the archaic version of the Bosnian/Serbian word istok (modern version istek), meaning "well, water source" referring to the springs of the Istočka river, a tributary to the White Drin river.[1] The name of the nearby village of Vrela, one of the largest settlements in the municipality, also means "springs", as does the newly proposed Albanian name of the town, Burimi.
History
The Ottoman defter (tax registry; census) of 1582 registered the Peć nahiyah as having 235 villages, of which Suho Grlo (Suvo Grlo) was located within modern Istok municipality. Suvo Grlo had three bigger mahala (neighbourhoods), whose inhabitants were Serbs. One of the neighbourhoods converted into Islam. There were several Orthodox priests in the village.[2]
Demographics
| Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs | |||||||||||||
| Year/Population | Albanians | % | Serbs | % | Montenegrins | % | Bosniaks | % | Roma/Ashkali | % | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,067 | 56.45 | 9,097 | 26.91 | 3,804 | 11.25 | 881 | 2.6 | 16 | 33,799 | |||
| 1971 | 27,371 | 66.74 | 8,944 | 21.81 | 2,420 | 5.90 | 1,876 | 4.57 | 243 | 0.59 | 41,009 | ||
| 1981 | 35,972 | 71.79 | 7,736 | 15.44 | 1,856 | 3.70 | 3,545 | 7.08 | 747 | 1.49 | 50,104 | ||
| 1991 | 43,910 | 76.68 | 5,968 | 10.42 | 1,302 | 2,27 | 4,070 | 7.11 | 1,346 | 2.35 | 57,261 | ||
| 1998 | 51,000 | 80.1 | 7,270 | 11.4 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 41,000 | 92 | 540 | 1.2 | 1,330 | 2.9 | 1,740 | 3.9 | 44,610 | ||||
| 2011 | 36,154 | 194 | 1,142 | 151 | 39,289 | ||||||||
| Ref: Yugoslav Population Censuses for data through 1991, and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe estimates for data in 1998 and 2006, 2011 estimate | |||||||||||||
Although there is no official data, the total population of the municipality is estimated at 65,000.
Economy
After World War II, watermills on the river of Istok were nationalized and a new fish plant was built to operate as a socially owned enterprise. The company's name during socialism was "Ribnjak" (in Serbian) meaning "piscatory" or "fishery", and when it was privatized as Motel "Trofta" (in Albanian) meaning "Trout", or the type of fish it has been and is still producing, selling, and distributing. The company employs around 70 people.
Notable people
- Fadil Ferati, Mayor of Istog from 1999 to 2010
- Fatmire Bajramaj, footballer
- Mergim Brahimi, footballer
- Besim Kabashi, kickboxer
- Azdren Llullaku, footballer
- Ibrahim Rugova, former President of Kosovo
- Agnesa Vuthaj, Miss Albania
- Adnan Januzaj, footballer
- Radoš Ljušić, Serbian historian
- Mërgim Mavraj, footballer
See also
Notes and references
Notes:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. Kosovo's independence has been recognised by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.
References:
- ↑ Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije, page 87; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6
- ↑ Vasić, Milan (1991), "Etnički odnosi u jugoslovensko-albanskom graničnom području prema popisnom defteru sandžaka Skadar iz 1582/83. godine", Stanovništvo slovenskog porijekla u Albaniji : zbornik radova sa međunarodnog naučnog skupa održanog u Cetinju 21, 22. i 23. juna 1990 (in Serbo-Croatian), OCLC 29549273
External links
- Municipality website (Albanian)
- Municipality of Istok (Serbian)
- Istoguportal.com News and information about Istok.
- OSCE profile of Istok
- SOK Kosovo and its population
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| Rank | Name | Districts | Pop. | Rank | Name | Districts | Pop. | ||
 Pristina  Prizren |
1 | Pristina | Pristina | 208,230 | 11 | Glogovac (Drenas) | Pristina | 60,687 |  Ferizaj (Uroševac)  Peć |
| 2 | Prizren | Prizren | 183,810 | 12 | Lipljan | Pristina | 59,773 | ||
| 3 | Ferizaj (Uroševac) | Ferizaj (Uroševac) | 112,657 | 13 | Orahovac | Gjakova | 58,259 | ||
| 4 | Peć | Peć | 98,603 | 14 | Mališevo | Prizren | 57,136 | ||
| 5 | Gjakova | Gjakova | 97,127 | 15 | Skenderaj (Srbica) | Mitrovica | 52,175 | ||
| 6 | Gjilan | Gjilan | 92,369 | 16 | Vitina | Gjilan | 48,288 | ||
| 7 | Podujevo | Pristina | 90,568 | 17 | Deçan | Peć | 40,954 | ||
| 8 | Mitrovica | Mitrovica | 84,949 | 18 | Istok | Peć | 40,388 | ||
| 9 | Vučitrn | Mitrovica | 71,977 | 19 | Klina | Peć | 39,943 | ||
| 10 | Suva Reka | Prizren | 61,976 | 20 | Kamenica | Gjilan | 35,931 | ||
Coordinates: 42°47′N 20°29′E / 42.783°N 20.483°E
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