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| The name ''Plav'' (Плав) is derived from Slavic ''plav'', "a flooded place" (''poplava'', "flood").<ref name=CO>{{cite book|title=Contributions onomatologiques|volume=18|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7JBiAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Akademija|page=8}}</ref><ref name="LOMA2013">{{cite book|author=ALEKSANDAR LOMA|title=LA TOPONYMIE DE LA CHARTE DE FONDATION DE BANJSKA: Vers la conception d’un dictionnaire des noms de lieux de la Serbie medievale et une meilleure connaissance des structures onomastiques du slave commun|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nuy2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA170|year=2013|publisher=Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti|isbn=978-86-7025-621-7|page=170}}</ref> In ] is is known as ''Plava''. | The name ''Plav'' (Плав) is derived from Slavic ''plav'', "a flooded place" (''poplava'', "flood").<ref name=CO>{{cite book|title=Contributions onomatologiques|volume=18|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7JBiAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Akademija|page=8}}</ref><ref name="LOMA2013">{{cite book|author=ALEKSANDAR LOMA|title=LA TOPONYMIE DE LA CHARTE DE FONDATION DE BANJSKA: Vers la conception d’un dictionnaire des noms de lieux de la Serbie medievale et une meilleure connaissance des structures onomastiques du slave commun|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nuy2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA170|year=2013|publisher=Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti|isbn=978-86-7025-621-7|page=170}}</ref> In ] is is known as ''Plava''. | ||
| The name may also derive from the Albanian word "Pllaja" meaning "plateau" as the region is characteristic for cattle and animals. <ref>http://malsia.eu/Plava_e_Gucia_Historia.htm</ref> | |||
| ==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
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For the village in the Czech Republic, see Plav (České Budějovice District). Place in Montenegro| Plav Плав | |
|---|---|
 Panorama of Plav | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Country | Montenegro |
| Settlements | 23 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Skender Šarkinović (DPS) |
| • Ruling party | DPS - BS |
| Area | |
| • Total | 486 km (188 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,615 |
| • Density | 28/km (70/sq mi) |
| • Municipality | 13,805 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 84325 |
| Area code | +382 51 |
| ISO 3166-2 code | ME-13 |
| Car plates | PL |
Plav (Bosnian and Serbian Cyrillic: Плав, pronounced [plâv̞]) is a town in eastern Montenegro. It has a population of 3,615 (2003 census).
Plav is the centre of Plav Municipality (population of 13,805).
Name
The name Plav (Плав) is derived from Slavic plav, "a flooded place" (poplava, "flood"). In Albanian is is known as Plava. The name may also derive from the Albanian word "Pllaja" meaning "plateau" as the region is characteristic for cattle and animals.
Geography
Plav is located at the foot of the Prokletije mountain range, adjacent to the springs of the river Lim.
The area contains many lakes and the most known is Lake Plav, one of the largest in this region. The lakes Hrid and Visitor are mountain lakes, and Visitor is noted for its floating island.
Plav is also renowned for its karst wells, among which are Ali Pasha of Gucia Springs and Oko Skakavica. Villages in the municipality include Gusinje.
History
In the Middle Ages, there was a župa (county) named Plav at the source of the flow of the Lim river and around the Plav lake. It is mentioned in several medieval Serbian documents.
The settlement of Plav itself was founded by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman census organised in 1582-83 registered the Plav nahiyah within the Sanjak of Scutari with 18 villages; according to historian Milan Vasić all inhabitants had personal names with a Serbian character, and no Muslims were present.
From the mid-17th century the Kelmend tribe from northern Albania and the Kuči tribe began arbitrarily settling the Plav-Gusinje ravine, competing with other Serbian and Muslim Albanian immigrants from Malësia and Montenegro, that were predominantly Serbian-speaking. The small towns of Plav and Gusinje were also of mixed population, whose mother tongue was Serbian. The province was inhabited by a Serbian population (including to a lesser extent a Muslim population of Serb origin and language) and an Albanian population.
In 1878, following the Treaty of Berlin, the city of Plav was ceded to Montenegro by the Ottoman Empire despite having an Albanian majority population.
Sport
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In the area of the Plav municipality there are 13 sports clubs and societies that are actively engaged in sports and competitions. Some are in the First Montenegrin league and some in the Second Montenegrin league.
Sport clubs:
- Football Club Jezero
- Football Club Gusinje
- Football Club Polimlje
- Handball Club Plav
- Chess Club Jezero
- Karate Club Jezero
- Kayak Club Plavsko Jezero
- Sport Fishing Society Plavsko Jezero
- Mountaineering Skiing Society Kofiljaca
- Skiing-mountain Society Karanfil
- Mountaineering Society Visitor
- Hunting Society Rocks Plav
- Hunting Sports Society May carnation
Population
Plav is administrative centre of Plav municipality, which in 2003 had a population of 13,805, mostly Bosniaks. The town of Plav itself has 3,615 citizens. Population of Plav (city):
- 1981 - 3,348
- 1991 - 4,073
- 2003 - 3,165
Notable people
- Esad Mekuli, Albanian poet and scholar.
- Miodrag Džudović, footballer
- Mirsad Huseinovic, footballer
- Mersim Beskovic, footballer
- Ekrem Jevrić, singer
See also
References
- Contributions onomatologiques. Vol. 18. Akademija. 2005. p. 8.
- ^ ALEKSANDAR LOMA (2013). LA TOPONYMIE DE LA CHARTE DE FONDATION DE BANJSKA: Vers la conception d’un dictionnaire des noms de lieux de la Serbie medievale et une meilleure connaissance des structures onomastiques du slave commun. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. p. 170. ISBN 978-86-7025-621-7.
- http://malsia.eu/Plava_e_Gucia_Historia.htm
- Vasić, Milan (1991), "Etnički odnosi u jugoslovensko-albanskom graničnom području prema popisnom defteru sandžaka Skadar iz 1582/83. godine", Stanovništvo slovenskog porijekla u Albaniji : zbornik radova sa međunarodnog naučnog skupa održanog u Cetinju 21, 22. i 23. juna 1990 (in Serbo-Croatian), OCLC 29549273
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti 1985, p. 110.
Sources
- Gornje Polimlje: priroda, stanovništvo i naselja. Geografski institut Filozofskog fakulteta. 2005. ISBN 978-86-7794-000-3.
- Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti (1985). Posebna izdanja. Vol. 566–567. p. 110.
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