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==History==
==History==
The village of '''Bistrica''' (Бистрица) was mentioned in the 1455 Ottoman ''[[defter]]'' (tax registry).{{sfn|Kalezić|2002|p=197}} Serbs were the majority population up until the mid-19th century, when Albanians expelled them and had their Orthodox church destroyed.{{sfn|Kalezić|2002|p=197}} The toponym ''Crkvište'' is used for the area of the church ruins.{{sfn|Kalezić|2002|p=197}}<ref name="Subotić1998">{{cite book|author=Gojko Subotić|title=Art of Kosovo: the sacred land|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t49TAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Monacelli Press|isbn=978-1-58093-006-2|page=241}}</ref>
The toponym ''Crkvište'' is used for the area of the church ruins.{{sfn|Kalezić|2002|p=197}}<ref name="Subotić1998">{{cite book|author=Gojko Subotić|title=Art of Kosovo: the sacred land|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t49TAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Monacelli Press|isbn=978-1-58093-006-2|page=241}}</ref>


==Demographics==
==Demographics==

Revision as of 21:06, 2 November 2022

Bistrica e Shalës
Village
Bistrica e Shalës is located in Kosovo
Bistrica e Shalës
Bistrica e Shalës
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 43°0′54″N 20°49′30″E / 43.01500°N 20.82500°E / 43.01500; 20.82500
Location Kosovo[a]
DistrictMitrovica
MunicipalityLeposaviq
Elevation
1,940 ft (590 m)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+383

Šaljska Bistrica (Serbian Cyrillic: Шаљска Бистрица, Albanian: Bistrica e Shalës) is a settlement in the Leposavić municipality in northern Kosovo.

Name

In 1986, the secondary name of Šaljska Bistrica was the Slavicised version "Bistrica e Shalës".[1] The name is linked with the Albanian Shala tribe.

Geography

The village is located 12 km southeast from Leposavić, below the Kopaonik.[2] The settlement lies on both sides of the middle flow of the Bistrica, a right tributary of Ibar. The settlement is of the scattered type (razbijenog tipa), and its cadastral area includes 787 hectares.

History

The toponym Crkvište is used for the area of the church ruins.[2][3]

Demographics

The village is inhabited by an ethnic Albanian majority.

Notes

References

  1. ^ Hashim Islami (1986). Arhivski fondovi i zbirke u arhivima i arhivskim odeljenjima u SFRJ: SAP Kosovo. Vol. 9. Savez arhivskih radnika Jugoslavije. p. 135.
  2. ^ a b Kalezić 2002, p. 197.
  3. ^ Gojko Subotić (1998). Art of Kosovo: the sacred land. Monacelli Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-58093-006-2.

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