Desivojca

Desivojca is a village in the municipality of Kamenica, in the east of Kosovo.[lower-alpha 1] It has 16.41 km2 (6.34 sq mi) of land, 89 houses with 755 inhabitants (sources from 1995). It is about 50 km (31 mi) from Gjilan. The village has a primary school called "Kadri Zeka" and a mosque built in 1816. It is a center for surrounding villages.

Desivojcë

Desivojca
Village
View of Desivojca
Desivojcë
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates:
Location Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
DistrictGjilan
MunicipalityKamenicë
Area
 • Total16.42 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total177
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Geography

In the north it borders with the village of Huruglica, in north-east it borders with the village of Terstena, in the east is situated the village of Zarbinca and Pribovc, from south-east, south and west it is enclosed with the Laqiq village and in north-west is situated the village of Veleglava. Desivojca is a hilly mountainous area, with beautiful landscapes and developed vegetation. A river called Desivojca flows amidst dividing the village in two parts.

a view from Cipel 1037 m

The highest peaks in this village are:

  • Drumi i Xheles (1,228 m or 4,029 ft),
  • Rrafshi (1,157 m or 3,796 ft),
  • Strajdeja (1,138 m or 3,734 ft),
  • Maja e Zezë (1,094 m or 3,589 ft),
  • Maja e Sreshnjes 1070m,
  • Cipeli 1037m,
  • and the lowest attitude in Desivojca is Mulliri i Robajve 660m.
Beautiful autumn view in the Komani neighborhood

Demographics

Desivojca has four main neighborhoods: Komani, Bunjaku, Padina and Zhigolli.

There are 12 main groups of families that live in Desivojca:

  • Shkodra family,
  • Bunjaku,
  • Dragobuzhda,
  • Mellova,
  • Beshtica,
  • Gurguroci,
  • Gagica,
  • Surdulli,
  • Klaiqi
  • Rukoci
  • Bajraliu
  • Robelli

Many inhabitants from this village now live in urban centers like Gjilan, Kamenica, Pristina,Ferizaj, etc.

Notes and references

Notes:

  1. Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References:

  1. 2011 Kosovo Census results
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