Preševo

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Preševo Прешево Preshevë
Location of Preševo within Serbia
Coordinates: 42°19′N 21°41′E / 42.317, 21.683
Country	Serbia
District	Pčinja
Settlements	35
Government
- Mayor	Ragmi Mustafa (PDSh)
Area [1]
- Municipality	264 km² (101.9 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
- Total	13,426
- Municipality	34,904
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	17523
Car plates	VR
Area code	+381 17

Preševo (Serbian: Прешево, Preševo; Albanian: Preshevë or Presheva) is a town and municipality in Pčinja District of Serbia, bordering the Republic of Macedonia and the southern Serbian province Kosovo and Metohija. According to 2002 census, the municipality of Preševo had a population of 34,904 people.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Ethnic groups in the municipality

The Preševo municipality has a population consisting of ethnic Albanians who speak Albanian Gegë dialect, and Serbs, who speak the Torlakian dialect of the Serbian language. It also has the largest percentage of ethnic Albanian population in Serbia outside of Serbian province of Kosovo with Albanians nearing 90%.

[edit] Settlements by ethnic majority

Most settlements in Preševo municipality have an absolute Albanian majority. The exceptions are the villages: Ljanik, Svinjište, Slavujevac and Cakanovac, where Serbs compose an ethnic majority.

Preševo

Also, most villages have a 99% Albanian population, but there are some settlements in which the Serbs of Preševo Valley live and where they form a significant minority: Buštranje, Golemi Dol, Reljan, Strezovce, Trnava, Čukarka, and the town of Preševo.

[edit] Politics

In 1992, the Albanians of the area organized a referendum in which they voted that Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac should join Kosovo. Between 1999 and 2001, an ethnic Albanian guerrilla organization, the "Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac", was operational in this region with a goal to secede these three municipalities from Yugoslavia and join them to a future independent Kosovo. The activities attracted less international media interest than the related events of Kosovo and Macedonia. The uprising was quelled by Serb Forces, the current situation is stable but with some tension.

Since December 2005, the previous president lost in his seat and was replaced by the Albanian Democratic party (PDSH) with leader Ragmi Mustafa. After six months, the population again voted and again Ragmi Mustafa was chosen as Municipal President of Preševo for the next four years.

[edit] See also

• List of places in Serbia
• Partia Demokratike Shqiptare, PDSH

[edit] External links

• Humanitarian Law Center
• Presheva.com
• PDSH Presheva

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