Kijevë

Kijevë
Kijevo
Kijevë
Kijevë
Coordinates: 42°33′59″N 20°43′01″E / 42.5663631°N 20.7169292°E / 42.5663631; 20.7169292
CountryKosovo
DistrictPrizren
MunicipalityMalisheva
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total
1,084

Kijevë (Albanian: Kijevë, Serbian: Кијево, romanizedKijevo) is a village located in the Malisheva municipality in Kosovo.

History

Kijevë was the site of armed clashes in 1998 between Yugoslav forces and the Kosovo Liberation Army during the Kosovo War.[2][3]

Demography

In 1928, Kijevo, as a rural municipality, had 369 households and 2,961 inhabitants. It belonged in 1928 to the Podrimlje District and the Kosovo Region.[4]

As of 2024, Kijevë had 1,084 inhabitants, of whom 1,065 (98.24%) were Albanian.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Popullsia sipas gjinisë, etnicitetit dhe vendbanimit" (PDF) (in Albanian). Kosovo Agency of Statistics. July 2025.
  2. ^ "Serb forces said to lift siege of Kijevo". Albania | ReliefWeb. 1998-07-03. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  3. ^ "Yugoslav Forces crush the KLA attempt to take Kijevo". 3 July 1998.
  4. ^ Manakin, Viktor (1928). Almanac of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes III. Zagreb. p. 582.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)