Klina

Klina (Serbian Cyrillic: Клина, Albanian: Klinë) is a town and municipality located in the District of Peja of north-western Kosovo.[lower-alpha 1] According to the 2011 census, the town of Klina has 5,542 inhabitants, while the municipality has 38,496 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the river Klina into the White Drin.

Klina Klina or Klinë  (Albanian) Клина / Klina  (Serbian)
Town and municipality
Emblem
Location of the municipality of Klina within Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°37′N 20°34′E
Country	Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
District	District of Peja
• Municipal	309 km^2 (119 sq mi)
Elevation	382 m (1,253 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Urban	5,542
• Municipal	38,496
• Municipal density	120/km^2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	32000
Area code(s)	+381
Car plates	03
Website	Official site

History

During Early Middle Ages, Porphyrogenitus mentions the urban center of Desstinik, today Dersnik/Drsnik, where important archeological discoveries of Roman period were made in August 2013, described as: ...the most important discovery of the past few decades to have been made in Kosovo in the area of archaeology.[1]

Symbol

A symbol of Klina are the Mirusha Waterfalls.

Economy

There is one bauxite mine operating on the territory of Klina - Grebnik mine.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1961	27,153	—
1971	42,351	+4.55%
1981	54,539	+2.56%
1991	52,266	−0.42%
2011	38,496	−1.52%

According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Klina has 38,496 inhabitants. Based on the population estimates from the Kosovo Agency of Statistics in 2016, the municipality has 39,759 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition of the municipality:

Ethnic composition
Year/Population	Albanians	%	Serbs	%	Montenegrins	%	Roma	%	Total
1961	18,124	66.75	7,378	27.17	1,372	5.05	80	0.29	27,153
1971	33,050	78.04	7,864	18.57	1,157	2.73	118	0.28	42,351
1981	45,594	83.60	6,829	12.52	973	1.78	798	1.46	54,539
1991	43,248	82.75	5,209	9.97	621	1.19	1,278	2.45	52,266
January 1999	55,000	78.6	10,000	14.3			5,000	7.1	70,000
2011	37,216	96.7	98	0.25	-	-	78	0.2	38,496
Ref: Yugoslav Population Censuses for data through 1991, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe estimates for 1999 and 2006

In September 2014, 12 Egyptian families returned to Klina having spent the last 15 years displaced in Podgorica, Montenegro. The families moved straight into a newly constructed neighbourhood as part of project helping refugees from the Kosovo War return to Kosovo.[2]

Notable people

• Anton Berisha, folklorist and scholar
• Sadik Rama Gjurgjeviku (1879–1944), Kosovo Albanian guerrilla fighter, born in Veliki Đurđevik.

Annotations

1. 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. 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 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 98 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References

1. Archaeological discoveries in Dresnik of Klina, the most intriguing discovery of the past few decades, Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport of Kosovo, 2013-08-15
2. "Egyptians return to Kosovo after 15 years of displacement". Shanghai Daily. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

External links

• Media related to Klina at Wikimedia Commons
• Komuna Klina