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Gjylekar

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Gjylekar
Village
Gjylekar is located in Kosovo
Gjylekar
Gjylekar
Coordinates: 42°20′52″N 21°25′40″E / 42.34778°N 21.42778°E / 42.34778; 21.42778
Location Kosovo
DistrictGjilan
MunicipalityViti
Elevation
595 m (1,952 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,499
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Gjylekar (Albanian: Gjylekar, Serbian Cyrillic: Ђелекаре/Đelekare) or Skifteraj is a village in Viti municipality, Kosovo.

Geography

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The village borders the Anamorava valley in the North and is situated in the Karadak mountains.

History

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The ancestors of the inhabitants of the village belong to the Gashi tribe and originally settled in the Gjakova Highlands.

The Austro-Hungarian consulate in Belgrade reported that during February 1913, Serbian military forces massacred nearly all Albanian inhabitants of the village.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. ^ Michailidis, Iakovos D. (2018). "Cleansing the Nation: War related Demographic Changes in Macedonia". In Boeckh, Katrin; Rutar, Sabine (eds.). The Wars of Yesterday: The Balkan Wars and the Emergence of Modern Military Conflict, 1912-13. Berghahn Books. p. 331. ISBN 9781785337758.