Orahovac

This article is about a town and municipality in Kosovo. For other uses, see Orahovac (disambiguation).
Orahovac
Rahovec
Municipality and city
Albanian: Rahovec, Rahoveci
Serbian: Ораховац, Orahovac
Orahovac
Rahovec

Location in Kosovo

Coordinates: 42°23′58″N 20°39′17″E / 42.39944°N 20.65472°E / 42.39944; 20.65472Coordinates: 42°23′58″N 20°39′17″E / 42.39944°N 20.65472°E / 42.39944; 20.65472
Country Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
District District of Gjakova
Government
 • Mayor Idriz Vehapi
Area
 • Total 278 km2 (107 sq mi)
Elevation 477 m (1,565 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Total 58,214
 • Density 210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 21000
Area code(s) (+381) 29
Car plates 04
Website Municipality of Rahovec

Orahovac or Rahovec (Albanian: Rahovec, Rahoveci; Serbian: Ораховац) is a town and municipality in western Kosovo,[lower-alpha 1] in the District of Gjakova.

Name

The Serbian name of the town, Orahovac, is derived from the Serbo-Croatian orah, meaning "walnut".[1] The Albanian name Rahovec comes from an Albanised pronunciation of Orahovac.[1]

Geography and population

The municipality coveres an area of approximately 276 km2 (107 sq mi) and contains 35 villages. In 2014 the town had a total population of 23,200 and the population of the municipality was 58,214.[2] In 2011 the municipality had a total population of 56,208.[3] Approximately 800 Kosovo Serbs live in a small Serbian enclave in the town and in the village of Velika Hoča.[3]

Demographics

Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs
Year/Population Albanians  % Serbs  % Others  % Total
199155,119 92 3,938 7 885 1 59,942
January 1999 52,500 92 4,000 7 800 1 57,300
December 1999 58,772 89 5,008 8 2116 3 65,896
May 2001 69,019 97.61,350 1.9 350 0.5 70,719
November 2002 71,834 97.71,300 1.8 420 0.5 73,554
August 2003 72,853 97.11,300 1.7 849 1.1 75002
Current figure76,577 97.8 App. 1,3001.66App. 420 0.54 78,297
Source:1991 census, OSCE/KVM Report (January 1999), UNHCR/HCIC Kosovo, Database (December 1999), Community leaders’ information. 2002 -Directorate of Urbanism (only figures concerning Kosovo Albanian part of the population), Local Community Office, Community leaders’ information. All population figures are subject to a wide margin of error. It is noted that the 1991 census was highly politicized and is thus unreliable..
Ref: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Historical population of Orahovac
Year1948195319611971198119912011
Population56006411737310080131431829655053

Language

The town is known for a local dialect, Orahovac dialect (ravëqki; Albanian: rahovecianshe, gjuha e Rahovecit) which is a mixture of Albanian, Serbian and Bulgarian languages. Its use has declined rapidly after the Kosovo War, with Albanian becoming the predominant language.[4]

Notable people

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References

  1. 1 2 Skok, Petar (1988) [1971]. Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian). 2. Zagreb: Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti. p. 562. ISBN 86-407-0064-8. orah, pl. orasi ... praslav. orěhъ "nux". Pridjev na -ov orahov, poimeničen u topnimiji u sr. r. Orahovo, ... Orahov Do (Hercegovina), ... Oriovac, gen. -vca (toponim u Slavoniji) = Oravac, gen. -avca = Oraovac (1770, Kosmet) = Raovec u arbanaskom izgovoru.
    [Translation: orah, plural orasi ... from the Proto-Slavic orěhъ "nux". The adjective on -ov, orahov, is nominalised in toponymy into Orahovo, ... Orahov Do (Herzegovina), ... Oriovac (Slavonia) = Oravac = Oraovac (1770, Kosovo and Metohija) = Raovec in Albanian pronunciation. (N.B. Orahovac and Rahovec are shown here in h-less variants Oraovac and Raovec)]
  2. ↑ Municipal Profile: Rahovec/Orahovac. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, May 2006. Accessed October 2014.
  3. 1 2 Municipal Profile: Rahovec/Orahovac. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, March 2014. Accessed October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Kosovo's Mysterious Dialect Fades Away :: Balkan Insight". www.balkaninsight.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
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