Xërxë

Xërxë

Xërxë (Albanian)
Зрзе/Zrze (Serbian)
Xërxë Xërxë (Albanian); Зрзе/Zrze (Serbian);
Village
	Xërxë
	Coordinates: 42°20′53″N 20°34′10″E / 42.348181°N 20.569335°E
Location	Kosovo
District	Gjakovë
Municipality	Rahovec
Population (2011)
• Total	3,184
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Xërxë (Albanian: Xërxë, Serbian Cyrillic: Зрзе/Zrze) is a village in Rahovec municipality.

History

The village Xerxe/Zrze was mentioned as 'Zirzova' in the Ottoman register of the 16th century. The Ottoman defter indicates that Xerxe was significantly Islamised. The inhabitants of Xerxe in the 16th century bore Albanian, Slavic and Islamic names. Fifteen bore Islamic names, Twelve bore Albanian names and the mansions ('Bashtina') listed bore Albanian, Slavic and Islamic names^[2]

References

^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
^ Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves Gjate Shekujve - page 287

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[1] 2011 Kosovo Census results

[2] Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves Gjate Shekujve - page 287

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