Baks, Skenderaj
Baks | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Baks Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°43′09″N 20°52′36″E / 42.71917°N 20.87667°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Mitrovica |
| Municipality | Skenderaj |
| Elevation | 2,300 ft (700 m) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 991 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +381 290 |
| Car plates | 02 |
Baks is a settlement in the Skenderaj municipality in Kosovo. It lies 680–700 m over sea level.[2] The village is exclusively inhabited by ethnic Albanians; in the 1991 census, it had 1044 inhabitants.
Geography
[edit]It lies in the hilly region of Drenica, on the western slopes of Çiçavica, six km southeast from Skenderaj.[3]
History
[edit]The ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) had by 1997 controlled large parts of the Drenica region to save the Albanian population from Serbian forces. The nearby. village of Prekaz was the home to KLA leader Adem Jashari, who was killed together with most of his family in the Attack on Prekaz.[4] During the Kosovo War, in late March 1999, Serb military forces undertook an offensive throughout Skenderaj.[5] Villages were shelled and inhabitants of several villages, including Baks, fled to Çirez.[5] Men from the village were captured and some were killed by Serb police during operations in Drenas and Skenderaj.[6]
| Ethnic group | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981[7] | 1991 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanians | 881 | |||||
| Others | 1 | |||||
| Total[8] | 732 | 587 | 628 | 688 | 882 | 1044 |
Economy
[edit]The village is primarily of livestock farming.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
- ^ a b Srboljub Đ Stamenković (2002). Географска енциклопедија населjа Србије: С-Ш. Географски факултет. p. 73. ISBN 978-86-82657-21-7.
Бакс
- ^ Dimitrije M. Kalezić (2002). Enciklopedija pravoslavlja. Savremena administracija. p. 126. ISBN 9788638706716.
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.
- ^ Krieger 2001, p. 93.
- ^ a b Krieger 2001, p. 56.
- ^ Krieger 2001, p. 58.
- ^ Census, Kosovo Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (Preliminary)
- ^
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• Demographic development in Baks
Sources
[edit]- Krieger, Heike (2001). The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974-1999. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-80071-6.
- Human Rights Watch Warcrimes in Kosovo
- Geographic Baks