Mušutište
Mušutište (Serbian Cyrillic: Мушутиште, Albanian: Mushtishtë) is a village in the Suva Reka municipality in Kosovo. It is located to the west of the Nerodimka mountain. It has 10 medieval Serbian Orthodox churches, including the notable Church of Virgin Hodegetria, which was destroyed in 1999.
It has an Albanian majority, and Serbian minority; according to the 1991 census, it had 5016 inhabitants.
History
It was first mentioned in a Serbian charter dating to 1315. In a charter of Emperor Stephen Uroš IV Dušan, dating to 1348, Mušutište with the churches of Virgin Hodegetria and St. Symeon (Sv. Simeona), were granted (metochion) to the Saint Archangels Monastery in Prizren.
| Ethnic group | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981[1] | 1991 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanians | 2980 | |||||
| Serbs | 1173 | |||||
| Others | 2 | |||||
| Total[2] | 2346 | 2541 | 2816 | 3307 | 4155 | 5016 |
Notable people
- Shyhrete Behluli (born 1958), singer
- Shkurte Fejza (born 1961), singer
- Remzie Osmani (born 1971), singer
References
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Coordinates: 42°18′01″N 20°53′06″E / 42.300151°N 20.885095°E