Šaljska Bistrica

Šaljska Bistrica (Serbian Cyrillic: Шаљска Бистрица, Albanian: Bistrica e Shalës) is a settlement in the Leposavić municipality in northern Kosovo.

Bistrica e Shalës
Village
Bistrica e Shalës
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 43°0′54″N 20°49′30″E
Location Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
DistrictMitrovica
MunicipalityLeposaviq
Elevation
1,940 ft (590 m)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+383

Name

In 1986, the secondary name of Šaljska Bistrica was the Albanianized version "Bistrica e Shalës".[1]

Geography

The village is located 12 km southeast from Leposavić, below the Kopaonik.[2] The settlement lies on both sides of the middle flow of the Bistrica, a right tributary of Ibar. The settlement is of the scattered type (razbijenog tipa), and its cadastral area includes 787 hectares.

History

The village of Bistrica (Бистрица) was mentioned in the 1455 Ottoman defter (tax registry).[2] Serbs were the majority population up until the mid-19th century, when Albanians expelled them and had their Orthodox church destroyed.[2] The toponym Crkvište is used for the area of the church ruins.[2][3]

Demographics

The village is inhabited by an ethnic Albanian majority.

Notes
  1. The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, it is formally recognised as an independent state by 97 UN member states (with another 15 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.

References
  1. Hashim Islami (1986). Arhivski fondovi i zbirke u arhivima i arhivskim odeljenjima u SFRJ: SAP Kosovo. Vol. 9. Savez arhivskih radnika Jugoslavije. p. 135.
  2. Kalezić 2002, p. 197.
  3. Gojko Subotić (1998). Art of Kosovo: the sacred land. Monacelli Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-58093-006-2.

Sources
  • Kalezić, Dimitrije M. (2002). A - Z. Savremena administracija. p. 197. ISBN 9788638706716.
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