Kokaj

View from Castle Pogragja Llapusha river flow of Kokaj

Kokaj (Gjilan) the state of Kosovo

Map of Kokaj in Gjilan the state of Kosovo

Gumishtë in Kokaj

Kokaj (Serbian Cyrillic: Kokиҵe-ИНАТОҴЕ, Albanian: Kokaj or Kokaj/Inatoc) is a village located in the Gjilan district of Kosovo,Anamorava Valley of Binces.

Demographic (statistics that)

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History - Geography

• Kokaj residence comprises three neighborhoods : Lower Quarter, Quarter Upper and between their neighborhood Albanian: Gurinë . For the height of neighborhoods differ from each other. From 650 m neighborhood Lower 700 with Albanian: Gurina and Upper she 750-800 . The highest peak reaches 860 meters above sea level.Contract Turkish: "TAPY"for the land paid by Isa Bey of Skopje , while contract have made " no title " in Serbian: "Vranje" . The contract writing that is pay land from " Upper Church " in the north and the south to " jeweler " , and on the east by the river and west Albanian: "Sllubica" to Lapusnice in Kokaj river ^[4]
• Kokaj at the Albanian: "Llocë" borders in the north, the Albanian: "Sllubicë" in east, south and Albanian: "Ranatoci" Albanian: "Magjere" (belonging to the municipality of Presevo) of the territory west of Albanian: "Myqybabë" and Albanian: "Buricë". Unlike Kokaj village territory stretches from east Albanian: "Sllubica" River, up the river Albanian: "Llapusha" (Lapushnica) west and Lestes Hill Albanian: "(Llocë)" in the north to the land of the so-called Albanian: "Artare" south Albanian: (Ranatoci). The total area of the territory of the village Kokaj is 402.52 ha.^[4]
• The village belongs to the local community Kokaj the Albanian: "Pogragja".
• The entire local community of Albanian: "Pogragja" has an area of 50 km² or 9.7% of the municipal territory, in 1981 accounted for 4.3% of the number of inhabitants, while after the war the participation of the population is even smaller . Municipality of Gjilan area of 253 km² and about 130,000 inhabitants (2003 estimate).^[5]
• As the township was created two centuries when the first inhabitants came from Sandzak residence of Nissus, Klaiq.^[6][7]
• Residence with Illyrian Kokaj, Kokajt gravitate towards the town of Gjilan, sanjaks Turkish: "kaza-je" center of Pristina Kosovo vilayet, so Kokaj are founders of the village (as expelled of residence Klaiq Toplica district, municipality Lebane) ^[6] between two Albanian: Sllubicë and Lapusnica river that flows into the Morava River

Toponymy and patronymic and family Head Albanian: "Kokë(aj)

• Place names and surnames Geography Patronymic many toponyms of old Albanian as: Kokaj in Gjilani
• Residence Kokaj is soluble best and most righteous only by root with a head-Albanian descent and extensions of old Albanian -aj. That topolekse has a wide testify behalf countries: grain - Prilep village southeast, near Reshtani; Kokora - the name of Veles neighborhood; Kokran (1431) - Village name in Gjirokastra; Kokpapaj - Shkodra district village etc. Apparently it is a variation of the name Albanian Kok (h) a, we find medieval Albanians in order patronymic: "see.: Proino Kokkas, Andrea and Gender HeadAlbanian: ''Kokë-a' (1467), Head Albanian: 'Kokë-a - family surname district Gjakova-Extension of the old Albanian -aj etc.^[8]
• In this realm (Anamorava), which extends over 103 Albanian settlements, 37 Serbian settlements and geography Patronymic many toponyms of old Albanian as: Kokaj in Gjilani. In (1467), noting, a patronymic head - family surnames in the district of Gjakova etc.
• A settlement is named Kokaj Upper Shkodra area of northern Albania, in northern Koplik ^[9]

Notable people

Gallery

Bottom neighborhood in Kokaj.

Arben martyr memorial plates in Kokaj

Meadow of Lekeni in Kokaj

Upper Kokaj

Village in Gjilan - Kokaj

Village mosque in Kokaj

Monography by family KOKAJT 1842-2012 Date 3 February 2015 Source Own work Author Koka11

References

1. ↑ 1981 Census, Kosovo (Preliminary)
2. ↑ ^Kosovo censuses 1948-1991
3. ↑ ^on geographic expansion today
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kokaj Shtegtim në histori - Monografi për Kokajt 1842-2012, bot. Rrjedha, Gjilan, 2012, ISBN 978-9951-453-14-1
5. ↑ I. A, Socio- economic changes BL degree Pogragjës. Dip.works , FSHMN , Pristina 1986. ^ ^ ^Anatasije Uroševic; Gornja Morava i Izmornik,Jedinnstvo. Priština 1993. (news-edicion) ^ I.A, Socio- economic changes BL degree Pogragjës. Dip.works, FSHM, Pristina 1986 kamateriale Commons multimedia project about the article: Kokajt
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Shtegtim në histori:(rrëfimi për Kokajt prej vitit 1842 deri në 2012):(Pilgrimage in history : (confession to Kokaj from 1842 until 2012-monography by Kokajt) / Nijazi Ramadani. - Gjilan : Albanian: "Rrjedha", 2012. - 196 p. : ilustr. colores ; 21 cm
7. ↑ Kokaj in location of Gjilan, District in Kosovo Kosovo ^Ushtima e maleve^
8. ↑ BY Toponims Anamorava BAHTIJAR KRYEZIU, institute Alb - Science Magazine Science of Alb - ScienceAlbanian: "ALB_SHKENCA", president Jahja Koka, p . 528 faqe 528|geography Patronymic many toponyms of old Albanian as: Kokaj in Gjilani
9. ↑ ^"Kokaj (Albania) map". 42.2744444;19.5308333: nona.net. Retrieved 2015-04-03. 

External links

1. *geography locat. Kokaj
2. *Information location in Kokaj
3. *Map_Llovce_Kokaj Information geography location
4. *Lokation_Kokaj
5. * Kokaj in Albania
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7. *Information geography
8. *Information geography location
9. * English: "Kokaj village of restored vitality"
10. *Kokaj village of restored vitality/Kokajt

Coordinates: 42°23′26″N 21°34′48″E / 42.39056°N 21.58000°E / 42.39056; 21.58000

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Largest cities or towns in Kosovo 2013 estimate
	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