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Zubin Potok

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Zubin Potok

| native_name = {{native name|sq|Zubin Potoku}}
Зубин Поток / {{native name|sr|Zubin Potok}}

| settlement_type = Town and municipality

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| image_caption = Holy Trinity Church, Zubin Potok

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Kosovo

| subdivision_type1 = District

| subdivision_name1 = District of Mitrovica

| subdivision_type2 = Settlements

| subdivision_name2 = 64

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Izmir Zeqiri

| leader_party = PDK

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| area_total_km2 = 335

| area_land_km2 = 333

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| population_total = 15200

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| timezone = CET

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| timezone_DST = CEST

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| coordinates = {{coord|42|55|N|20|41|E|region:RS-KM|display=inline}}

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| elevation_m = 567

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 40650

| area_code = +383(0)28

| website = {{url|https://kk.rks-gov.net/zubinpotok/en/|Official site}}

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| area_rank = 16th in Kosovo

| registration_plate_type = Vehicle registration

| registration_plate = 02

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Zubin Potok ({{lang-sq-definite|Zubin Potoku}}; {{lang-sr-cyr|Зубин Поток}}) is a town and municipality located in the Mitrovica District in Kosovo. As of 2015, it has an estimated population of 15,200 inhabitants. It covers an area of {{convert|335|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}, and consists of the main town and 63 villages.

Zubin Potok is a part of North Kosovo, a region with an ethnic Serb majority that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of ethnic Albanian-majority Kosovo. After the 2013 Brussels Agreement, the municipality became part of the Community of Serb Municipalities.

History

In the village of Vragë, an attack on the water channel that supplies water to the coal-fired power stations and drinking water to some municipalities was attacked. The attack was classified as a terrorist attack committed by the local Serb organization Civilna Zastita (Civil Protection).{{Cite web |title=Eight people arrested and weapons seized after Kosovo canal explosion |url=https://news.sky.com/story/eight-people-arrested-and-weapons-seized-after-kosovo-canal-explosion-13264224 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Sky News |language=en}}

Settlements

Aside from the town of Zubin Potok, these villages comprise the municipality of Zubin Potok:

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  • Babiće / Babiq
  • Banja / Banjë
  • Brnjak / Bërnjak
  • Bube / Bubë
  • Čabra / Çabër
  • Čečevo / Çeçevë
  • Češanoviće / Çeshanovë
  • Crepulja / Crepulë
  • Čitluk / Çitluk
  • Donje Varage / Varagë e Ulët
  • Drajinoviće / Drainovë
  • Dren
  • Gornji Jasenovik / Jasenoviku i Epërm
  • Gornji Strmac / Stramci i Epërm
  • Jagnjenica
  • Junake / Junce
  • Kozarevo / Kozareva
  • Krligate / Krligatë
  • Lučka Reka / Lluçkarekë
  • Međeđi Potok / Prroj i Megjës
  • Oklace
  • Rezala / Rezallë
  • Rujište / Rujishtë
  • Tušiće / Tushiqë
  • Velika Kaludra / Kalludra e Madhe
  • Velji Breg / Bregu i Madh
  • Vojmisliće / Vojmisliq
  • Zečeviće / Zeçevicë
  • Zupče / Zupçë
  • Padine

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Demographics

{{Historical populations

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|1991|8700 |1999|12000 |2015|15200

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According to the 2011 estimations by the Government of Kosovo, Zubin Potok has 1,698 households and 6,616 inhabitants.{{cite web|url=http://ask.rks-gov.net/media/2129/estimation-of-kosovo-population-2011.pdf|title=ESTIMATION of Kosovo population 2011|website=ask.rks-gov.net|publisher=Government of Kosovo|access-date=19 August 2017|archive-date=16 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516232037/http://ask.rks-gov.net/media/2129/estimation-of-kosovo-population-2011.pdf|url-status=dead}} In 2015 report by OSCE, the population of Zubin Potok municipality stands at 15,200 inhabitants.{{cite web|title=Zubin Potok|url=http://www.osce.org/kosovo/13135?download=true|website=osce.org|publisher=OSCE|access-date=19 August 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054522/http://www.osce.org/kosovo/13135?download=true|url-status=live}}

=Ethnic groups=

The majority of Zubin Potok municipality is composed of Kosovo Serbs with more than 13,900 inhabitants (91.5%), while 1,300 (8.5%) Kosovo Albanians live in the municipality. Most of Zubin Potok's Kosovo Albanians live in the village of Çabër (Čabra).

The ethnic composition of the municipality of Zubin Potok, including IDPs:{{cite web|title=OSCEOrganization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

|url=http://www.osce.org/documents/html/pdftohtml/1208_en.pdf.html|website=osce.org|publisher=Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|access-date=19 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606091415/http://www.osce.org/documents/html/pdftohtml/1208_en.pdf.html|archive-date=6 June 2011}}

class="wikitable"
Ethnic group

! 1991 est.

! 1999 est.

! 2015 est.

style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Serbsalign="right"|7,750align="right"|11,000align="right"|13,900
style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Albaniansalign="right"|850align="right"|850align="right"|1,300
style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Othersalign="right"|100align="right"
|align="right"
style="background:#F0F0F0;"|Totalalign="right"|8,700align="right"|12,000align="right"|15,200

Economy

Zubin Potok is an agricultural community, yet the level of agricultural production has been in decrease due to the lack of investment. Local factories have been also strongly affected by the lack of consumers in the Albanian parts of Kosovo.

Twin towns — sister cities

Zubin Potok is twinned with:

  • {{flagicon|BIH}} Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 2021{{cite web|title=Пoбрaтимски грaдoви|url=http://www.gradgradiska.com/medjunarodna-saradnja/|website=gradgradiska.com|publisher=Gradiška|language=sr|date=2021-04-24|access-date=2021-04-24|archive-date=2023-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814194234/https://www.gradgradiska.com/medjunarodna-saradnja/|url-status=live}}

Gallery

File:Holy Trinity Church, Zubin Potok.jpg|Holy Trinity Church in Zubin Potok

File:Brnjak Bridge.jpg|Brnjak Bridge near Gazivoda Lake

File:Језеро Газиводе, Зубин Поток.png|View above Gazivoda Lake

File:Gazivode Lake.JPG|Gazivoda Lake

File:Varageapril2009.png|Village in Zubin Potok

See also

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Zubin Potok}}

  • [https://kk.rks-gov.net/zubinpotok/en/ Official website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060502111932/http://www.iom.ipko.org/Projects/kdserhs/index.htm IOM Kosovo]

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{{Community of Serb Municipalities}}

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Category:North Kosovo

Category:Municipalities of Kosovo

Category:Kosovo–Serbia border crossings

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