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This article is about a town Istok. For other uses, see Istog (disambiguation). Municipality and city in District of Peć, Kosovo| Istok | |
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| Municipality and city | |
| Istok (Исток) Istog | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Country | Kosovo |
| District | District of Peć |
| Area | |
| • Total | 454 km (175 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 480 m (1,570 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 39,963 |
| • Density | 88/km (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 31000 |
| Area code | +381 |
| Car plates | 03 |
| Website | Municipality of Istok |
Istok or Istog (Template:Lang-sr, Istok, Template:Lang-sq, Template:Lang-tr) is a town and municipality in the Peć district of north-western Kosovo. The town is the administrative capital of the municipality, which includes the town and the surrounding villages.
Name
The name of the town comes from the archaic version of the Serbian word istok (modern version istek), meaning "well, water source" referring to the springs of the Istočka river, a tributary to the White Drin river. The name of the nearby village of Vrela, one of the largest settlements in the municipality, also means "springs", as does the newly proposed Albanian name of the town, Burimi.
History
The Ottoman defter (tax registry; census) of 1582 registered the Peć nahiyah as having 235 villages, of which Suho Grlo (Suvo Grlo) was located within modern Istok municipality. Suvo Grlo had three bigger mahala (neighbourhoods), whose inhabitants were Serbs. One of the neighbourhoods converted to Islam. There were several Orthodox priests in the village.
Demographics
Most of the Serbs in the municipality of Istok live in the village of Osojane, which is under the administration of the municipality of Istok under the control of Serbia. Osojane is to the east of the city Istok, part of the Serbs lives in north part of the municipality.
| Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs | |||||||||||||
| Year/Population | Albanians | % | Serbs | % | Montenegrins | % | Bosniaks | % | Roma/Ashkali | % | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,067 | 56.45 | 9,097 | 26.91 | 3,804 | 11.25 | 881 | 2.6 | 16 | 33,799 | |||
| 1971 | 27,371 | 66.74 | 8,944 | 21.81 | 2,420 | 5.90 | 1,876 | 4.57 | 243 | 0.59 | 41,009 | ||
| 1981 | 35,972 | 71.79 | 7,736 | 15.44 | 1,856 | 3.70 | 3,545 | 7.08 | 747 | 1.49 | 50,104 | ||
| 1991 | 43,910 | 76.68 | 5,968 | 10.42 | 1,302 | 2.27 | 4,070 | 7.11 | 1,346 | 2.35 | 57,261 | ||
| 1998 | 51,000 | 80.1 | 7,270 | 11.4 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 41,000 | 92 | 540 | 1.2 | 1,330 | 2.9 | 1,740 | 3.9 | 44,610 | ||||
| 2011 | 36,154 | 194 | 1,142 | 151 | 39,289 | ||||||||
| Ref: Yugoslav Population Censuses for data through 1991, and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe estimates for data in 1998 and 2006, 2011 estimate | |||||||||||||
Economy
After World War II, watermills on the river of Istok were nationalized and a new fish plant was built to operate as a socially owned enterprise. The company's name during socialism was "Ribnjak" (in Serbian) meaning "piscatory" or "fishery", and when it was privatized as Motel "Trofta" (in Albanian) meaning "Trout", or the type of fish it has been and is still producing, selling, and distributing. The company employs around 70 people.
Notable people
- Fadil Ferati, Mayor of Istok from 1999 to 2010
- Fatmire Bajramaj, footballer
- Mergim Brahimi, footballer
- Besim Kabashi, kickboxer
- Abdul Qader Arnaout, Islamic scholar
- Azdren Llullaku, footballer
- Ibrahim Rugova, former President of Kosovo
- Agnesa Vuthaj, Miss Albania
- Adnan Januzaj, footballer
- Radoš Ljušić, Serbian historian
- Mërgim Mavraj, footballer
- Donis Avdiaj, footballer
- Selman Kadria, local hero known for the assassination of a Serbian military commander
See also
Notes and references
Notes:
References:
- Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije, page 87; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6
- Vasić, Milan (1991), "Etnički odnosi u jugoslovensko-albanskom graničnom području prema popisnom defteru sandžaka Skadar iz 1582/83. godine", Stanovništvo slovenskog porijekla u Albaniji : zbornik radova sa međunarodnog naučnog skupa održanog u Cetinju 21, 22. i 23. juna 1990 (in Serbo-Croatian), OCLC 29549273
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - A successful return of Serbs in Osojane
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