Koretište
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  Koretište Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°29′18″N 21°26′30″E / 42.48833°N 21.44167°E | |
| Location | 
Kosovo |
| District | Gjilan |
| Municipality | Gjilan |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 530 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
Koretište ( Serbian Cyrillic: Коретиште; erroneously Kuretište (Куретиште) [2]) or Koretishti ( Albanian: Koretishtë, Koretisht), is a village in the municipality of Gjilan in Kosovo. It is inhabited by majority of ethnic Serbs. [3]
History
The village was mentioned as Karanište ( Serbian Cyrillic: Караниште) in the Ottoman defter of 1455 of the Vlk Vilayet (Vilayet of Vuk), encompassing most of Vuk Branković's former territory. At that time the village was populated with a priest and 14 households. [4]
On the Austrian map from 1689, it is registered under the name Koretište ( Serbian Cyrillic: Коретиште).
See also
References
- ^ Kosovo census 1948 - 2011 Retrieved 20.05.2016.
- ^ Атанасије Урошевић — Горња Морава и Изморник, страна 225 и 226 (Насеља и порекло становништва (књига 28) — Српски етнографски зборник (књига LI), Београд 1935.) [1]
- ^ Ethnic composition of Kosovo - 2011 Retrieved 19.05.2016.
- ^ Hamid Hadžibegić; Adem Handžić; Ešref Kovačević (1972). Oblast Brankovića – Opširni katastarski popis iz 1455. Sarajevo, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Orijentalni institut Sarajevo.
External links
- Koretište (Serbian Cyrillic: Коретиште) – video from the air (2017):
- video on Facebook facebook.com
- video on YouTube youtube.com
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