Istok

This article is about a town Istok. For other uses, see Istok (disambiguation).
Istok
Municipality and city
Istok (Исток)
Istog

Coat of arms
Istok

Location in Kosovo

Coordinates: 42°47′N 20°29′E / 42.783°N 20.483°E / 42.783; 20.483
Country Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
District District of Peć
Area
 • Total 454 km2 (175 sq mi)
Elevation 480 m (1,570 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Total 39,963
 • Density 88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 31000
Area code(s) +381
Car plates 03
Website Municipality of Istok

Istok or Istog (Albanian: Istog; Bosnian: Istok; Serbian: Исток, Istok, Turkish: İstok) is a town and municipality in the Peć district of north-western Kosovo.[lower-alpha 1] 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 Bosnian/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.[1] 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.[2]

Demographics

Most of the Serbs in municipality of Istok lives in the village Osojane, in which is the and administration of the municipality of Istok under the control of Serbia.[3] Osojane are located 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
196119,067 56.45 9,097 26.91 3,804 11.25 881 2.6 16 33,799
197127,371 66.74 8,944 21.81 2,420 5.90 1,8764.57 2430.5941,009
198135,972 71.79 7,736 15.44 1,856 3.70 3,545 7.08 747 1.4950,104
199143,910 76.68 5,968 10.42 1,302 2.27 4,070 7.11 1,346 2.35 57,261
199851,000 80.1 7,270 11.4
200641,000 92 540 1.2 1,330 2.9 1,740 3.9 44,610
201136,154 194 1,142151 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

See also

Notes and references

Notes:

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije, page 87; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ A successful return of Serbs in Osojane

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Largest cities or towns in Kosovo
2014 estimate
Rank Name Districts Pop. Rank Name Districts Pop.

Pristina

Prizren		 1 Pristina Pristina 208,230 11 Glogovac (Drenas) Pristina 60,687
Ferizaj (Uroševac)

Peć
2 Prizren Prizren 183,810 12 Lipljan Pristina 59,773
3 Ferizaj (Uroševac) Ferizaj (Uroševac) 112,657 13 Orahovac Gjakova 58,259
4 Peć Peć 98,603 14 Mališevo Prizren 57,136
5 Gjakova Gjakova 97,127 15 Skenderaj (Srbica) Mitrovica 52,175
6 Gjilan Gjilan 92,369 16 Vitina Gjilan 48,288
7 Podujevo Pristina 90,568 17 Deçan Peć 40,954
8 Mitrovica Mitrovica 84,949 18 Istok Peć 40,388
9 Vučitrn Mitrovica 71,977 19 Klina Peć 39,943
10 Suva Reka Prizren 61,976 20 Kamenica Gjilan 35,931

Coordinates: 42°47′N 20°29′E / 42.783°N 20.483°E / 42.783; 20.483

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