Kosovo Pomoravlje

For the district, see Kosovo Pomoravlje District.
Kosovo Pomoravlje
Albanian: Lugina e anamoraves Binçes
Serbian: Косовско Поморавље
Valley
Etymology: From the Binačka Morava river

Kosovo Pomoravlje, in eastern Kosovo
Country Kosovo
Bridge over a small river flowing through a town
The Binačka Morava flows through Vitina.

Kosovo Pomoravlje (Albanian: Lugina e Moravës Binçës; Serbian: Косово Поморавље) is a valley in Kosovo, in the southern part of the District of Gjilan surrounding the Binačka Morava river. It stretches eastward to the Preševo valley in southern Serbia. The mountains in this region, rising to an altitude of 1,000–1,200 metres (3,300–3,900 ft), border the Skopska Crna Gora region in neighboring Macedonia north of Skopje.[1] Gjilan, Kosovska Kamenica, Novo Brdo and Vitina are municipalities in Kosovo Pomoravlje. The region gives its name to the disputed Serbian Kosovo Pomoravlje District. It is known for recording the lowest temperature in Kosovo: −32.5 °C (−26.5 °F), on 25 January 1963.[2]

Location

Kosovo Pomoravlje District was a district of Serbia until 1999. After the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo took control in 1999, it became the District of Gjilan. Pomoravlje is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) long and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) wide. It is bordered by the Skopska Crna Gora mountains in the south and the Goljak in the north, and borders Kosovo field in the west. On the east, it borders the Morava Valley. The region's largest cities are Gjilan and Bujanovac.

Name

Anamorava Valley of Binces

The region is known as Kosovsko Pomoravlje (Косовско Поморавље, "Morava Valley of Kosovo") in Serbian and as Lugina e Anamoraves Binçes ("Valley of Binačka Morava") in Albanian. Its name is derived from the Binačka Morava river, which flows through northern Macedonia, eastern Kosovo and southern Serbia as part of the Great Morava river system.

History

Herodotus wrote about the region in the mid-fifth century BC.[3] The first mention of Gjilan was during the 16th century. The area, with a population of 217,726, has its seat there. With the rest of Kosovo, it was transferred to United Nations administration. In 2000, the UN renamed the district to the District of Gjilan as part of a series of reforms. The Morava Valley is the hilly countryside of southeastern Kosovo south of Gjilan and the Morava e Binces River. It stretches eastward to the Presheva (Presevo) valley in southern Serbia.

Geography

Old castle seen from downhill, with power lines in the foreground
Pogragje Castle, next to the Binačka Morava

The region includes part of the valley and the Karadak and Koznik mountains. Gjilan has six municipalities and 287 smaller settlements.[4] The spa in Klokot has several thermal springs valued for their medicinal qualities.[5]

Climate

At an altitude of 410 metres (1,350 ft) above sea level, the region has a continental climate with light winds (usually from the northeast). Rainfall is light, and winter often brings snow from the west; northern and western winds tend to bring rain.

The region's average annual temperature is 10.6 °C (51.1 °F). January's average is −0.9 °C (30.4 °F), and July's is 20.7 °C (69.3 °F).[6]

Lake with rolling, wooded hills on the opposite shore
Lake Gjilan in Kosovo

Hydrography

River map
The Morava river system

Tributaries of the Morava river system include the Karadak and Lăpușnicel Rivers. The Presevo Valley is a corridor between the Morava and Vardar valleys,[7] and the Morava valley's wetlands are home to many species of birds.[8]

Economy

Once agrarian province, in which the tobacco cultivated wheat, later wins the industrial features, especially the center of the region Gjilan, now city of about 90,000 residents textile industry, tobacco, radiators, batteries etc. Vitia, municipal center, represents an agrarian town with initial industrial metal, with Bath Klokot closely while also Kamenica municipal center, small agro-industrial city, ceramics industries.

Tranportation

Rail traffic passes through Binces Valley near the Morava River branches Businesses, Vranje, Skopje and road transport ( Gjilan, Ferizaj-Bujanovac- Kaqanik and Skopje is open as is known in the spring of 1888. Through areas that exceed the railway from the Turkish border to Skopje are not so attractive. The passenger, firstly passes through the valley of the river Binacka Morava, which defined the mountain south Rujan (970m), while in the north with Mount Kosharnik (950m), then the railway continues to the south, east outpace Rujan mountain, while in the west karadaku and then passes through the valley of Morava and Spa. Rujan mountain is not high, but Karadak rises to 1,593 m. Karadaku is dense and if viewed from the railways looks very colorful and sensational. Tops in the north are lower (in 1011), while in the south are higher (1552 and 1535 m).[9]

See also

Notes and references

Notes
a.   ^ 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 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.
References
  1. ↑ Robert Elsie (15 November 2010). Historical Dictionary of Kosovo. Scarecrow Press. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7483-1.
  2. ↑ in Gnjilane - AccuWeather Forecast for Gjilan Kosovo
  3. ↑ id = 59143 # sthash.06WuRsWl.nv83BZNw.dpuf a compact Illyrian population Muhammad Bala published 9:05
  4. ↑ Академик Божидар Видоески, Говорот на Скопска Црногорија: МЈ, 1954, V, 1, стр.1-30; 2, стр. 109-196: 2 к
  5. ↑ "Komunat në rajonin e Gjilanit".
  6. ↑ Dr.Albanien poblisher Riza Çavolli: Geography Regional in Kosovo:,publisher ETMMK, Prishtina, 1997.
  7. ↑ Water separator Presevo Valley
  8. ↑ ( IBA - International Bird Areas )
  9. ↑ ^German traveler Gopçeviq Spyridon 1888, by train , railway through Vranje - Skopje to Thessalonic

Bibliography

  1. * English: "History Kosovo Anamorava"Elsie, Robert (2010). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History (History Kosovo Anamorava. London: I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3. Retrieved 2015. 
  2. * Serbian: "А. Урошевић:"Гњилане. — Гласник Географског друштва, св. ХУП. Београд, 1931
  3. * Serbian: "А. Урошевић:Горња Морава и Изморник, Насеља и порекло становништва, књ. 28, Београд 1935
  4. * Serbian: Anatasije Uroševic Gornja Morava i Izmornik, Jedinnstvo.Priština 1993.(news-edicion)
  5. * Albanian: "Dr. Riza Çavolli,Geography Regional in Kosovo", publisher ETMMK, Prishtina, 1997.
  6. * Serbian: Srpski etnografski zbornik, VI "Skopska Crna Gora", Srpski etnografski zbornik, VI (Belgrade), 1905 

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Coordinates: 42°28′N 21°28′E / 42.467°N 21.467°E / 42.467; 21.467

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