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Municipality and city in District of Ferizaj, Kosovo| Kačanik | |
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| Municipality and city | |
| Kačanik (Качаник) Kaçanik (Kaçaniku) | |
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| Country | Kosovo |
| District | District of Ferizaj |
| Government | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 221 km (85 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 33,454 (municipality) |
| • Density | 158.4/km (410/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +381 290 |
| Car plates | 05 |
| Website | Municipality of Kaçanik |
Kačanik (Template:Lang-sq; Template:Lang-sr, Kačanik, Template:IPA-sh) is a town and municipality in southern Kosovo, in the Ferizaj district. The municipality covers an area of 211 km (81 sq mi), including the town of Kaçanik and 31 villages. It has a population of approximately 33,454. With the exception of eight Roma and 30 Bosniaks, the municipality is ethnically homogeneous Kosovo Albanian. For centuries, there had been an ongoing Serbian population living in the city, but once Kosovar Albanians gained power using demographic means, the native Serbian population of Kosovo began to decimate in numbers due to intimidation used by Kosovar Albanians.
In March 2011 the pilot municipal unit of Hani Elezit was established within the Kaçanik municipality, holding approximately 10,000 out of the 33,454 total inhabitants.
History
The region of Kaçanik was one of the pathways, which were employed during Central European (akin to the Lusatian culture) migrations in the southern Balkans between 1200 and 1150 BCE. Roman era monuments include an altar that dates to 158-9 CE and is dedicated to a deity named Andinus (Deo Andino). The name Andinus appears among the central Illyrian and Dalmatian names, but the worship of Andinus seems to have been a local cult of southwestern Dardania as it doesn't appear in other parts of the Illyricum or the Roman Empire. In middle ages this region was part of Serbia.
Ottoman Empire
Kačanik was captured by the Ottomans in 1420's. At that time Kačanik was only a village registered by the Ottomans in 1455 defter as nahiyah.
The town Kačanik was founded by Koxha Sinan Pasha, who erected a tower, the town mosque which exists even today, a public kitchen for the poor (imaret), a school near the mosque, two hane (inns similar to caravanserais), one Turkish bath (hammam), the town fortress and a few mills on the Lepenac river. Çelebi, who traveled through Kosovo in 1660, wrote that the town's name derived from the Turkish word Kaçanlar in reference to a group of Albanian bandits that operated in Üsküb and used the region of Kaçanik as a hideout.
Kačanik became known administratively as a town by the end of 16th century, and up to year 1891 it was a part of the Ottoman Sanjak of Üsküb, which again belonged to the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. In 1878, Kačanik was intended to become a part of the Principality of Bulgaria according to the Treaty of San Stefano, but per the Treaty of Berlin it was returned to the Ottomans. During the Albanian Revolt of 1910, the area of Kaçanik was the battlefield between Ottoman and Albanian forces.
Kingdom of Serbia, Yugoslavia
After 1912 town was part of Serbia and after 1918 part of Yugoslavia. In 1990, after the suspension of Kosovo's autonomy, the members of the Kosovan assembly gathered in the town and adopted the Kaçanik Constitution, based on which the Republic of Kosova was proclaimed in 1991. During the Kosovo War Serb forces including the army, police and paramilitary groups carried out operations in the town that led to high numbers of civilian casualties and mass flights of civilians from Kačanik.
Economy
Considering that through Kaçanik runs the main roadway that connects Pristina and Skopje, as well as the railway Kosovo Polje-Thesaloniki (constructed in 1879) Kačanik is an important place and a strategic economic focal point.
The Kaçanik municipality is mainly known for the production of construction materials at several area companies. But there are many well cultivated farmlands and areas well suited for the development of farms, apiculture, arboriculture as well as various craftsman and artisans. The area is especially well suited for the development of winter and summer tourism. The area boasts some spectacular views and the downtown is home to a bus station, a small radio station, the remains of a Turkish fort, several streets lined with shops, banks, several large modern restaurants, and a weekly farmers market for produce, livestock and housewares.
Kačanik has an old tradition in private manufactures, especially when it comes to the production of calcareous stone, wood for construction purposes and other services and artisan skills.
Views of Kaçanik
- Kaçanik from the east. Kaçanik from the east.
- A view from Rakoc. A view from Rakoc.
- Kačanik from the west. Kačanik from the west.
See also
Notes and references
Notes:
References:
- ^ OSCE Mission in Kosovo: Municipal profile of Kaçanik, April 2008. Retrieved on 23 October 2008.
- ^ OSCEMission in Kosovo: Municipal profile of Hani Elezit, April 2008. Retrieved on 23 October 2008.
- I.E.S Edwards, ed. (1975-09-18). The migrations on the Greek mainland at the end of the Mycenaean age. The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge University Press. pp. 709–. ISBN 9780521086912. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- Mirković, Miroslava (2002). Anthropology and Epigraphy - the Case of Central Balkan Region. Barcelona: International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- Mihailo Maletić; Anton Berisha (1973). Kosovo nekad i danas. Borba-Radna jedinica ekonomiska politika. p. 130. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
Пошто су Качаник и Звечан пали у турске руке још двадесетих година XIV века
- Istorijski Glasnik. 1965. p. 5. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- Oliver J. Schmitt (2008). Kosovo: Kurze Geschichte einer zentralbalkanischen Landschaft. UTB. p. 70. ISBN 978-3-8252-3156-9. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
Die Osmanen aber hatten schon vor 1455 strategisch wichtige Plätze (Kacanik und Zvecan, nicht aber Novo Brdo) unter ihre Herrschaft gebracht.
- "Komuna Kacanik - Histori" (in Albanian). Municipality of Kaçanik. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- Тосева, Катерина (2008-03-03). "Сан Стефано — непостигнатият идеал" (in Bulgarian). News.bg. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- Zürcher, Erik-Jan (1999-11-30). Sylvia Kedourie (ed.). Kosovo Revisited: Sultan Resad's Macedonian Journey of June 1911. Seventy-five Years of the Turkish Republic. Psychology Press. pp. 26–. ISBN 9780714650425. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- Sörensen, Jens Stilhoff (2009-05-20). State Collapse and Reconstruction in the Periphery: Political Economy, Ethnicity and Development in Yugoslavia, Serbia and Kosovo. Berghahn Books. pp. 189–. ISBN 9781845455606. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- Krieger, Heike (2001-07-12). The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974-1999. Cambridge University Press. pp. 56–. ISBN 9780521800716. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
External links
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| Municipalities of Kosovo | ||
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| District of Ferizaj |  | |
| District of Gjakova | ||
| District of Gjilan | ||
| District of Mitrovica | ||
| District of Peja | ||
| District of Pristina | ||
| District of Prizren | ||