Bukoš, Vučitrn

Bukosh
Village
Bukosh

Location in Kosovo

Coordinates: 42°48′11″N 20°55′44″E / 42.80306°N 20.92889°E / 42.80306; 20.92889Coordinates: 42°48′11″N 20°55′44″E / 42.80306°N 20.92889°E / 42.80306; 20.92889
Country Kosovo
District District of Mitrovica
Municipality Vučitrn
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,171[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)

Bukosh (in Albanian) or Bukoš (in BCS languages) is a village in the Vučitrn (or Vushtrri) municipality in Kosovo. It is inhabited by a majority of ethnic Albanians.[2]

History

Bukosh was first mentioned in the 1530 Ottoman defter, as a village in the Sanjak of Vučitrn. It was recorded in the 1566–74 defter of the Sanjak of Vučitrn as well. It was included in an Austrian map based on data of 1689. It was recorded in the salname of the Kosovo Vilayet in the years 1893, 1896 and 1900.[3]

Demographics

Evolution of the population

Year 1574 1913 1921 1923 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2011
Number of inhabitants 14 households + 2 singles 259 160 31 households[4] 345 375 484 566 867 843 1171[5]

Business zone

The Vučitrn municipal assembly, during its session on March 27, 2008 decided to create a Business Zone (Industrial Zone) of common interest in the zone of Bukosh village with approximately surface area of 17.98.87 ha.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Kosovo census 1948 - 2011 Retrieved 20.05.2016.
  2. ↑ Etnic composition of Kosovo - 2011 Retrieved 19.05.2016.
  3. ↑ Dr.Jusuf Osmani:Vendbanimet e Kosovës 16, Vushtrria, Prishtinë, 2005, fq. 118-120
  4. ↑ From the year 1574 until 1923, see, Dr.Jusuf Osmani:Vendbanimet e Kosovës 16, Vushtrria, Prishtinë, 2005, p. 118-120.
  5. ↑ Kosovo census 1948 - 2011 Retrieved 2.06.2016.
  6. ↑ Invest in Vushtrri Vushtrri Municipality & USAID & IPAK, p. 12, Visited on 03 June 2016.


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