Mališevo

Mališevo
—  Municipality  —
Малишево / Mališevo Malishevë / Malisheva
Mališevo Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°28′58″N 20°44′45″E / 42.48278°N 20.74583°E / 42.48278; 20.74583
Country	Kosovo[a]
District	District of Prizren
Area
– Total	312 km2 (120.5 sq mi)
Population (2011)
– Total	54,664 (municipality)
– Density	178.4/km2 (462.1/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+381
Car plates	04
Website	Municipality of Mališevo

Mališevo (Albanian Malishevë or Malisheva; Serbian: Малишево, Mališevo) is a town and municipality in the Prizren District of central Kosovo^[a]. The town itself has approximately 2,300 inhabitants while the municipality has an estimated 54,664 inhabitants.

History

The area was once under the Bajrakut of Oštrozubit and had a long history of successful resistance against the Ottomans. The town was a stronghold for the ethnically Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army during the conflict in Kosovo in 1998/1999. 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: OSCE[1])

See also

• Subdivisions of Kosovo

Notes and references

Notes:

a.	^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 85 UN member states.

References:

External links

• Municipality of Mališevo
• OSCE Profile of Malishevë
• "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 / 42.48278; 20.74583