Llapushnik
Llapushnik
Llapushniku | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Church in Llapushnik | |
Llapushnik Location in Kosovo | |
| Location | Kosovo |
| District | Pristina |
| Municipality | Drenas |
| Government | |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 2,904 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 13000 |
Llapushnik (or Llapushniku) is a village in municipality Drenas in Kosovo.[a]
Geography
Demography
| Demographics | |
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1948 | |
| 1953 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1991 | |
| Ref: Federal Office of Statistics and Evidence of Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, census for 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. and 1991. | |
History
The village became notorious after 1998 because of the Lapušnik prison camp operated by the Albanian militant organization the UÇK. It also had a famous battle with the KLA and Yugoslav forces, which led to an KLA victory in 1998 known as the First Battle of Llapushnik.[2][3] Yugoslav forces seized back control of Llapushnik on 27 July 1998 after a second battle.[4]
Notes
- ^ Drenas=Kosove
References
- ^ "ASK Data - Regjistrimi popullsisë". Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës (ASK). 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "22 years since the battle of Llapushnik". KosovaPress. 2020-05-10. Archived from the original on 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ^ "Veseli: The Battle of Llapushnik increased the population's confidence in the strength of the KLA". KosovaPress. 2020-05-09. Archived from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ^ "Serbs claim rebel bastion on key Kosovo road". 27 July 1998.