Mališevo

Malisheva Mališevo
Municipality
Malishevë / Malisheva Малишево / Mališevo
Malisheva Mališevo Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°28′58″N 20°44′45″E / 42.48278°N 20.74583°E
Country	Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
District	District of Prizren
Government
• Mayor	Reqip Beqaj [1]
Area
• Total	306 km^2 (118 sq mi)
Elevation	538 m (1,765 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	56,889
• Density	190/km^2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	24000
Area code(s)	+381
Car plates	04
Website	Municipality of Mališevo

Mališevo or Malishevë (Albanian Malishevë or Malisheva; Serbian: Малишево, Mališevo; Turkish: Malişova) is a town and municipality in the Prizren District of central Kosovo.^{[lower-alpha 1]} The town itself has approximately 2,300 inhabitants while the municipality has an estimated 56,889 inhabitants.

History

The town was a stronghold for the ethnically Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army during the Kosovo War in 1999. The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) formally re-established the municipality of Mališevo in July 2000. During the war, a number of atrocities were committed by both Albanian and Yugoslav forces. One such incident occurred in Mališevo, the execution of no fewer than seven Serbian men, named the Mališevo Massacre. The UN-run Office on Missing Persons and Forensics began the excavations at the site in May 2005.

Demographics

Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs
Year/Population	Albanians	%	Roma	%	Total
January 1999	60,411	N/A	45		60,456
February 2005	65,500	99.9	20	0.01	App. 65,520
Ref: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)

See also

• Subdivisions of Kosovo

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 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References

1. http://kk.rks-gov.net/malisheve/Municipality/President.aspx

External links

• Municipality of Malisheve
• OSCE Profile of Malishevë/Mališevo
• "Serb mass grave found in Kosovo" 15 May 2005
• "Kosovo government backs probe into Malisevo mass grave" 17 May 2005

Coordinates: 42°28′58″N 20°44′45″E / 42.48278°N 20.74583°E