Kurbalija
Kurbalija
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  Kurbalija | |
| Coordinates: 42°18′35″N 21°36′05″E / 42.30972°N 21.60139°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| District | Pčinja District |
| Municipality | Preševo |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.51 km2 (3.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 146 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Kurbalija (Serbian Cyrillic: Курбалија; Albanian: Kurbali) is a village located in the municipality of Preševo, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 146 people.[2] Of these, 144 (98,63 %) were ethnic Albanians, and 1 (0,68 %) other.[2]
History
[edit]Kurbalija belongs to the ethnographic region of Karadak, specifically the subregion of Llapushnica. Until the summer of 1947, the villages of Llapushnica—Kurbalija, Depce, Stanevce, Sefer, Bujić, Cerevajka, Pečeno, Maxherja, and Ranatovce—were part of the Municipality of Zhegër, located in the District of Gjilan and Kosovo. However, they were unexpectedly incorporated by Yugoslav authorities into the Municipality of Preševo, with which they had no cultural ties and only limited connections.[3] All inhabitants descend from the Berisha tribe and are divided into two clans: Asani and Murseli.[4]
Notable people
[edit]- Xheladin Kurbaliu, Albanian commander of the Balli Kombëtar
References
[edit]- ^ "Насеља општине Прешево" (pdf). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ a b Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9
- ^ Murati-Staneci, Jahi (1996). Bujku (in Albanian). Preševo (published 22 April 1996). p. 7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Порекло презимена, село Курбалија (Прешево) - Порекло". www.poreklo.rs (in Serbian). 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
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