Mališevo

Malisheva/Mališevo
Municipality
Малишево / Mališevo Malishevë / Malisheva
Malisheva/Mališevo Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°28′58″N 20°44′45″E / 42.48278°N 20.74583°E / 42.48278; 20.74583
Country	Kosovo^{[lower-alpha 1]}
District	District of Prizren
Area
• Total	312 km² (120 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	54,664 (municipality)
• Density	178.4/km² (462/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+381
Car plates	04
Website	Municipality of Mališevo

Malishevë or Mališevo (Albanian Malishevë or Malisheva; Serbian: Малишево, Mališevo; Turkish: Malişova) is a town and municipality in the Prizren District of central Kosovo.^{[lower-alpha 1]} The town itself has approximately 2,300 inhabitants while the municipality has an estimated 54,664 inhabitants.

History

In the Ancient History it was called Llapushë .The town was a stronghold for the ethnically Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army during the Kosovo War in 1999. The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) formally re-established the municipality of Mališevo in July 2000. During the war, a number of atrocities were committed by both Albanian and Yugoslav forces. One such incident occurred in Mališevo, the execution of no fewer than seven Serbian men, named the Mališevo Massacre. The UN-run Office on Missing Persons and Forensics began the excavations at the site in May 2005.

Demographics

Year/Population	Albanians	%	Roma	%	Total
Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs
January 1999	60,411	N/A	45		60,456
February 2005	65,500	99.9	20	0.01	App. 65,520
Ref: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe )

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.

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Municipalities of Kosovo

Ferizaj District	Ferizaj (Uroševac) Elez Han (Đeneral Janković) Kaçanik Štimlje Štrpce

Gjakova District	Deçan Gjakova Junik Orahovac

Gjilan District	Gjilan Kamenica Klokot Parteš Ranilug Vitina

Mitrovica District	Leposavić Mitrovica North Mitrovica Skenderaj (Srbica) Vučitrn Zubin Potok Zvečan

Peć District	Peć Istok Klina

Pristina District	Glogovac (Drenas) Kosovo Polje (Fushë Kosovë) Gračanica Obilić Lipljan Novo Brdo Podujevo Pristina

Prizren District	Mališevo Mamuša Prizren Dragaš Suva Reka

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