Prekovce

Prekovce
Прековце (Serbian)
Prekoc (Albanian)
Prekovce is located in Kosovo
Prekovce
Prekovce
Coordinates: 42°34′02″N 21°24′00″E / 42.56722°N 21.40000°E / 42.56722; 21.40000
CountryKosovo
DistrictDistrict of Pristina
Area
 • Total
8.12 km2 (3.14 sq mi)
Population
 (1991)
 • Total
489[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration01

Prekovce (Serbian Cyrillic: Прековце; Albanian: Prekoc) is a village in Novo Brdo municipality in Kosovo. It is located in the western part of the municipality about 5 km from municipality seat and it lies on both banks of Kriva reka.

Geography

By settlement type it can be classified as dispersed village made of six village parts (Serbian: махала, mahala):

  • Zabeljci,
  • Čuka,
  • Žerovi,
  • Tirinčani,
  • Malenovci and
  • Prekovce as main part of the village territory.[2]

It borders with villages Izvor on the north, Labljane on the west, Bostane and Trnićevce on east and Zebince on south. The village lies on regional road R123 that on eastern end connects Prekovce with municipality seat and on the western end it makes connection to M25-2 main road (PrištinaGnjilane). In village center there is crossroad to local road via Zebince, Straža and Stanišor to Gnjilane.

Population

According to controversial Kosovo data after 2011 census[a], in Prekovce lived 214 Serbs, which make 100% of the village population.[3] Historically, besides Serbs in village lived few Albanian families that settled Prekovce in 1878.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Census was mostly boycotted by Serbs in Novo Brdo municipality and other Serb enclaves.

References

  1. ^ Federal Statistics Bureau of SFRY. 1991 Population Census List of SFRY (PDF) (Report).
  2. ^ a b Порекло презимена, село Прековце (Ново Брдо) (Report). poreklo.rs.
  3. ^ 2011 Population Census List of Kosovo (Report).