Mejë

Mejë is one of the largest villages in the District of Gjakova, Kosovo.

Mejë
Village
Mejë is located in Kosovo
Mejë
Mejë
Coordinates: 42.374537°N 20.400053°E / 42.374537; 20.400053
Location Kosovo
DistrictGjakovë
MunicipalityGjakovë
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total4,888
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Demographics

The village was recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1485 and the inhabitants bore Albanian-Christian names or Albanian-Slavic names. The village itself had 36 households in 1485 and typical Albanian names were common such as Gjin, Leka, Gjon, Tanush, Gega etc. [2]

Meja massacre

It was the site where the Meja massacre took place on 27 April 1999 during the Kosovo War, a mass execution of 372 Kosovo Albanian civilians committed by Serbian police and Yugoslav Army forces as an act of retaliation for the killing of six Serbian policemen by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The men were pulled from refugee convoys at a checkpoint in Meja and their families were ordered to proceed to Albania. Men and boys were separated and then executed by the road.[3] The massacre is considered to have been the largest of the war.[4]

References
  1. 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves Gjate Shekujve p. 134
  3. Ball, Howard (2002). War Crimes and Justice: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. pp. 197–. ISBN 9781576078990. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  4. Jones, Adam (2006). Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction. Routledge. p. 330. ISBN 9781134259809. Retrieved 30 March 2013.


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