The Kosovan city of Gjakova has been populated since the prehistoric era. During the medieval period, in 1485, Gjakova is mentioned as a village, concretely...
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Gjakova or Đakovica is the seventh largest city of Kosovo and seat of Gjakova Municipality and Gjakova District. The city has 40,827 inhabitants, while...
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The Highlands of Gjakova or Gjakova Highlands (Albanian: Malësia e Gjakovës), known colloquially as Tropoja, refers to the mountainous ethnographic region...
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Mërturi (category Tribes of Albania)
(fis) and region in the Highlands of Gjakova of north Albania. The Mërturi tribe is a traditional fis in the sense of being a community that claims paternal...
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Events and festivals in Gjakova are highly valued if not great in number.[citation needed] The historical city of Gjakova, Kosovo, especially the Old...
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of the economy in Gjakova, a city of trade and merchandise which served the villages around the municipality of Gjakova, the Junik zone and Gjakova’s...
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Gjakova City Stadium, located in Gjakova, Kosovo, is a multipurpose sports venue primarily used for football matches. It serves as the home ground for...
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Pristina Prizren Gjilan Peja Mitrovica Ferizaj Gjakova This is a list of cities and towns in the Kosovo in alphabetical order categorised by municipality...
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Bytyqi (category Tribes of Albania)
Kosovo. The Bytyçi tribe are situated in the southeastern parts of the Highlands of Gjakova, an ethnographic region in north-east Albania and western Kosovo...
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cultural heritage monument in Gjakova, Kosovo. The Great Madrasa (Albanian: Medreseja) is located in the urban hub of Gjakova known as the "Great Čaršija...
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Has (region) (redirect from Has of Gjakova)
area is located in north-eastern part of Albania, while the south-western part remaining in Kosovo, in Gjakova area and a part that captures the Prizren...
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in Gjakova) is a Kosovar painter noted for his figurative paintings of small animals or insects such as butterflies and birds. He was born in Gjakova, at...
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a cultural heritage monument in Gjakova, Kosovo. Saint Anthony's Church is located on “Rruga e Katolikëve,” Gjakova's so-called “Catholic street,” opposite...
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Kosovo (redirect from Culture of KV)
Highlands of Gjakova, Llap, Llapusha and Rugova. Kosovo's hydrological resources are relatively small; there are few lakes in Kosovo, the largest of which...
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Robert (2001). A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology and Folk Culture. London: Hurst & Company. p. 35. ISBN 1-85065-570-7. Kushova, Alma (July...
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District of Gjakova, in Kosovo. Morinë is situated nearby to the hamlets Ukshini and Potok and the village Ponoshec. Morinë is located east of the mountain...
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Deçan (redirect from Municipality of Dečani)
[dɛ̌t͡ʃani]) is a town and municipality in the district of Gjakova, Kosovo. The municipality has an area of 293.94 km2 (113.49 sq mi) and it includes the town...
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Gjakova (1770–1850 or 1835), also known as Tahir Efendi Boshnjaku or The Great Efendi (Albanian: Efendiu i Madh), was an Albanian religious leader of...
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Peć District (Serbia) (section Culture and history)
District was in the city of Peja. It included the municipalities of: Peja (Peć) Istog (Istok or Burimi) Klina Deçan (Dečani) Gjakova (Đakovica) Peja is first...
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and the name of one of the major historical tribes of northern Albania. It is a historical tribal region situated in the Highlands of Gjakova. The Gashi...
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Hadum Mosque (redirect from Hadum Mosque, Gjakova)
(Albanian: Xhamia e Hadumit; Turkish: Hadım Camisi) in Gjakova, Kosovo was built in the last decade of the 16th century (1594/95) and was financed by Hadum...
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Krasniqi (category Geography of Kukës County)
District and is part of a wider area between Albania and Kosovo that is historically known as Gjakova highlands (Highlands of Gjakova). Krasniqi stretches...
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The Haxhi Ymer Kuttab is a cultural heritage monument in Gjakova, Kosovo. The Haxhi Ymer Kuttab (Albanian: mejtep) is located opposite the entrance to...
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of the coast" and the departments of these units were selected from the divisions "Šumadija" and "Drina" which were deployed in Prizren and Gjakova....
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Astrit Haraqija (category People from Gjakova)
holds a Bachelor of Laws degree. In 1996, he became the leader of the LDK's youth forum in Gjakova. The LDK won a majority victory in Gjakova in the 2000 Kosovan...
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Mother Teresa (redirect from Mother Theresa of Calcutta)
Mirdita (present-day Albania). Her mother may have been from a village near Gjakova, believed by her offspring to be Bishtazhin. According to a biography by...
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variant of the Kanun. Its implementation extends from these tribal regions around Shkodër to the Highlands of Gjakova. Former communist leader of Albania...
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Religion in Kosovo (redirect from History of religion in Kosovo)
apostasy from Islam by the Edict of Toleration 1844, several groups of crypto-Catholics in Prizren, Peja and Gjakova were recognised as Catholics by the...
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Ferizaj (redirect from Demographic of Ferizaj)
the series of articles from then journalist Leon Trotsky recorded state-organized massacres in numerous locations including Ferizaj, Gjakova, Gjilan, Pristina...
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Conference – Hope for the Realization of Historical Right on National Unification. Gjakova, Kosovo: University of Gjakova. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3172070. S2CID 233765502...
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