Srbica

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District	District of Kosovska Mitrovica
Skënderaj Србица / Srbica

Population (1991)
- Total	55,471 (municipality)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)

Srbica or Skënderaj (Albanian: Skënderaj; Serbian: Србица, Srbica) is a city and municipality in the Kosovska Mitrovica district of northern Kosovo. It is the largest city in the Drenica region of Kosovo.^[1]

1 Features
2 Demographics
3 Economy
4 Sport
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Features

It is populated mainly by Albanians (95%). It is the poorest city in Kosovo, and is the place where the Kosovo War began in 1998, and to which the most damage was done.^[1]

[edit] Demographics

Year/Population	Albanians	%	Serbs	%	Ashkali	%	Bosniaks	%	Total
Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs
1991	54437	-	713	-					55,471
January 1999	App. 65,000	N/A	291	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	App. 65,000
Current figure	App. 70,000	100%	326	N/A	68	N/A	20	N/A	App. 70,000
Ref: Yugoslav Population Censuses for data through 1991, OSCE estimates for onwards data

[edit] Economy

Skenderaj/Srbica is historically the poorest municipality in Kosovo, with little investment having been made since the time of the former Yugoslavia and continuing high unemployment. Agriculture is the major local industry but the municipality has not fully developed existing arable land. Today, the local economy consists of small enterprises such as family-run shops and restaurants while two privatized factories, a brick and a flourmill, employ a few hundred people. The other major sector of employment is the municipality’s civil service.^[1]