Berkovo Explained

Official Name:Bërkovë
Native Name:Berkovo
Native Name Lang:sr
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Kosovo
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kosovo
Subdivision Type:Location
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Pejë
Subdivision Name2:Klinë
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:246
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:42.6747°N 20.5308°W

Berkovo (Serbian: Берково, Albanian: Berkovë) is a village in the Klina municipality, Kosovo. It had a Serbian majority before the Kosovo war. As the village was destroyed, houses were looted and demolished. In 2008 there were some 40 Serbs from 33 families there.[2]

Population

No census has been held in Kosovo since 1991, so modern population data is not available.

Ethnic Composition
YearSerbs %others %Total
196147996.38%183.62%497
197151793.83%346.17%551
198145090.18%499.82%499
199133997.98%72.02%346

Notes and References

  1. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-ethnic-loc2011.htm 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. Web site: Srbi se vraćaju u Berkovo.