Hajvalia
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Hajvalia ({{langx|sq|Hajvalia}}, {{lang-sr-Cyrl|Ајвалија}}) is a village in the municipality of Pristina, Kosovo. It has approximately 2,300 houses and 7,391 (2011) inhabitants. A small creek begins in the town, while another begins north-east of the town and runs through it.
After 1970, right up until now, there has been an increase in population, mainly from newcomers.
The road here passes through Gjilan and Prishtinë and connects with M25.2 way.
Demographics
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| titre = Historical population of Hajvalia
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| 1948 = 436
| 1953 = 757
| 1961 = 1192
| 1971 = 1696
| 1981 = 3027
| 1991 = 3962
| 2011 = 7391
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Places of interest
There is a zinc and silver mine, which opened in 1953 and have been completely renovated, namely the Trepča Mines-Pristina (Hajvalia).
A public park is located near the town-centre, along the Dëshmorët e Gollakut (Lit. Gollak Martyrs road).
There is a mosque, Xhamia e Hajvalisë (Lit. Mosque of Hajvalia), in the south-west of the village.
Sport
The local football club was KF Hajvalia.
Education
There are two primary schools in Hajvalia. The most recent, "Afrim Gashi", was opened roughly 11 years ago, named after the martyr who was an inhabitant of Hajvalia. The other primary school is "Shkëndija" (Lit. "Spark").
Other
Behgjet Pacolli AKR chairman and former president of Kosovo is a resident. In Hajvalija there is the International Village. After the war it saw development of small businesses and private businesses.
A Swedish KFOR military camp, Camp Victoria, was located in Hajvalia.{{Cite news |last=Eriksson |first=Charlotta |date=22 November 2003 |title=Vart är Kosovo på väg? |language=Swedish |work=Hallands Nyheter}} Most of the Swedish soldiers in the Kosovo Force in Kosovo were located at Camp Victoria. The camp was previously named Camp Gripen, but the name was changed in spring 2000. It was named for Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden.{{Cite news |last=Sjöström |first=Hannah |date=28 August 2002 |title=Prinsessa på farligt uppdrag |language=Swedish |work=Expressen}}
Most of the soldiers were Swedish, but there were also Irish, Czech, Finnish and Latvian soldiers. In June 2004, the total number of personnel was about 450 persons, out of which 329 came from Sweden,{{Cite news |last=Söderlund |first=Peter |date=24 June 2004 |title=Svettigt hjälparbete |language=Swedish |work=Södra Dalarnes Tidning}} while the camp housed 700 soldiers in 2002.{{Cite news |last=Kronqvist |first=Patrik |date=21 May 2002 |title=Som en normal svensk småstad |language=Swedish |work=Värnpliktsnytt}}
Most of the soldiers belonged to the Swedish mechanized rifle company and the Swedish supply company. In June 2011, Camp Victoria was to be completely discontinued and KS21 was the last Swedish contingent that was operational at the camp{{Cite news |date=10 June 2010 |title=Kristina med i Kosovo |language=Swedish |pages=6 |work=Karlskoga Tidning}} before KS22 moved into the KFOR headquarters at Camp Film City.{{Cite web|url=http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/Aktuellt/Nyhetsarkiv/I-varlden/Kosovo/16630/Nya-boendelosningar-nar-Camp-Victoria-laggs-ner/|title=Nya boendelösningar när Camp Victoria läggs ner|trans-title=New housing solutions when Camp Victoria is closed down|language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029064632/http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2010/06/nya-boendelosningar-nar-camp-victoria-laggs-ner/ |archive-date=2014-10-29|date=8 June 2010|access-date=6 March 2013|publisher=forsvarsmakten.se|quote=In June 2011, Camp Victoria was to be completely discontinued.}}{{Cite web |title=Swedish Soldiers Receive Well-Earned Accolades |url=https://www.nato.int/Kfor/chronicle/2005/chronicle_03/13.htm |date=1 April 2005 |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=KFOR: KFOR Chronicle |publisher=NATO}}