Baks, Skenderaj
| Baks Бакс | |
|---|---|
| Settlement | |
  Baks | |
| Coordinates: 42°43′09″N 20°52′36″E / 42.71917°N 20.87667°ECoordinates: 42°43′09″N 20°52′36″E / 42.71917°N 20.87667°E | |
| Country | Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] |
| District | Kosovska Mitrovica |
| Municipality | Skenderaj |
| Elevation | 2,300 ft (700 m) |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 1,044 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | +381 290 |
| Car plates | 02 |
Baks is a settlement in the Skenderaj (Srbica) municipality in the disputed region of Kosovo. It lies 680–700 m over sea level.[1] The village is exclusively inhabited by ethnic Albanians; in the 1991 census, it had 1044 inhabitants.
Geography
It lies in the hilly region of Drenica, on the western slopes of Čičavica, six km southeast from Skenderaj.[2]
History
There exist stone engravings from the village, of unknown age.[3] The microtoponyms of Crkve and Crkveni (meaning "churches, ecclesiastical" in Serbian) do indicate that there was once a church in the village.[2][4] According to Serbian writer Dimitrije Kalezić the village was formerly exclusively inhabited by ethnic Serbs.[2]
The ethnic Albanian separatist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) had by 1997 such presence in Drenica that the Serbian government considered it the hotbed of "Albanian terrorism".[5] The nearby village of Donje Prekaze was the home to KLA leader Adem Jashari, who was killed together with most of his family in the Attack on Prekaz.[5] During the Kosovo War, in late March 1999, Serb military forces undertook an offensive throughout Skenderaj.[6] Villages were shelled and inhabitants of several villages, including Baks, fled to Ćirez.[6] Men from the village were captured by Serb police during operations in Glogovac and Skenderaj.[7]
| Ethnic group | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981[8] | 1991 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanians | 881 | |||||
| Others | 1 | |||||
| Total[9] | 732 | 587 | 628 | 688 | 882 | 1044 |
Economy
The village is primarily of livestock farming.[1]
Annotations
- ↑ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states.
References
- 1 2 Srboljub Đ Stamenković (2002). Географска енциклопедиjа населjа Србиjе: С-Ш. Географски факултет. p. 73. ISBN 978-86-82657-21-7.
Бакс
- 1 2 3 Dimitrije M. Kalezić (2002). Enciklopedija pravoslavlja. Savremena administracija. p. 126.
БАКС. У данашььем арбанашком, некада чисто срп- ском селу, на западним падинама планине Чичавице, шест километара неточно од Србице. локалитети Црква и Црквени До докази су за то да су ту посто^али стари фиски храмови.
- ↑ Gail Warrander; Verena Knaus (2010). Kosovo. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-84162-331-3.
- ↑ Gojko Subotić (2006). L'art médiéval du Kosovo. Thalia. p. 241. ISBN 978-2-35278-008-3.
BAKS (Srbica), les microtoponymes de Crkva et Crkveni do indiquent qu'il existait jadis une eglise dans le village.
- 1 2 Krieger 2001, p. 93.
- 1 2 Krieger 2001, p. 56.
- ↑ Krieger 2001, p. 58.
- ↑ 1981 Census, Kosovo (Preliminary)
- ↑ Kosovo censuses 1948–1991
Sources
- Krieger, Heike (2001). The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974-1999. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-80071-6.