Velika Kruša
Krushë e Madhe (Serbian: Velika Kruša) is a village in the Rahovec municipality of western Kosovo.[lower-alpha 1] With a population of around 7,000, it is the second largest village in Kosovo.[2] During the Kosovo War, the village was a stronghold of the Kosovo Liberation Army.[3] On 25 March 1999, it was the site of a massacre by the Army of Serbia and Montenegro in which 205 Kosovo Albanian civilians were killed.[4]
Krushë e Madhe
Velika Kruša | |
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Village | |
  Krushë e Madhe Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Location |  Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] |
| District | Gjakova |
| Municipality | Rahovec |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,473 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Notes
- The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as an independent state by 101 out of 193 (52.3%) UN member states (with another 13 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own territory.
References
- 2011 Kosovo Census results
- Krusha e Madhe themelon kooperativën bujqësore, Koha.NET - Arkivi. (n.d.).
- "Case Study: Velika Krusa". BBC News. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- Kandić, Nataša (2011-09-30). "The Kosovo Memory Book 1998-2000". Humanitarian Law Center. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
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