Šaljska Bistrica

Bistrica e Shalës
Bistrica e Shalës
Village
	Bistrica e Shalës Location in Kosovo
	Coordinates: 43°0′54″N 20°49′30″E
Location	Kosovo
District	Mitrovica
Municipality	Leposaviq
Elevation	1,940 ft (590 m)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+383

Bistrica e Shalës (Serbian Cyrillic: Шаљска Бистрица, Serbian: Šaljska Bistrica) is a settlement in the Leposavić municipality in northern Kosovo.

Name

In 1986, the secondary name of Šaljska Bistrica was the Slavicised version "Bistrica e Shalës".[1] The name is linked with the Albanian Shala tribe.

Geography

The village is located 12 km southeast from Leposavić, below the Kopaonik.[2] The settlement lies on both sides of the middle flow of the Bistrica, a right tributary of Ibar. The settlement is of the scattered type (razbijenog tipa), and its cadastral area includes 787 hectares.

History

The toponym Crkvište is used for the area of the church ruins.[2][3]

Demographics

The village is inhabited by an ethnic Albanian majority.

References

Hashim Islami (1986). Arhivski fondovi i zbirke u arhivima i arhivskim odeljenjima u SFRJ: SAP Kosovo. Vol. 9. Savez arhivskih radnika Jugoslavije. p. 135.
Kalezić 2002, p. 197.
Gojko Subotić (1998). Art of Kosovo: the sacred land. Monacelli Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-58093-006-2.

Sources

Kalezić, Dimitrije M. (2002). A - Z. Savremena administracija. p. 197. ISBN 9788638706716.

External links

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[Islami1986-1] Hashim Islami (1986). Arhivski fondovi i zbirke u arhivima i arhivskim odeljenjima u SFRJ: SAP Kosovo. Vol. 9. Savez arhivskih radnika Jugoslavije. p. 135.

[FOOTNOTEKalezić2002197-2] Kalezić 2002, p. 197.

[Subotić1998-3] Gojko Subotić (1998). Art of Kosovo: the sacred land. Monacelli Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-58093-006-2.