Busavatë Explained

Busavatë or Bosovatë (Serbian Cyrillic: Бусовата) is a village in Kamenica municipality, Kosovo. It is located in the Gollak mountains.

Busavatë
Other Name:Бусовата
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Kosovo
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name1:Gjilan
Subdivision Name2:Kamenica
Population Total:804
Timezone1:UTC+1
Timezone Dst:UTC+2

History

See also: Busavatë (site). The modern village has developed in the vicinity of an ancient site originally located on the hill which overlooks the village. The ancient settlement developed in the Late Bronze Age and likely because of demographic expansion was moved to a more lowland position in the Hellenistic era.

Busovata is mentioned in the first half of the 15th century as Bosovata and Busovata (Boxovata, Buxovata) in the book of the sailors of the Novo-Brdo merchant Mikel Lukarevic.[1] It also appears in Ottoman registers as Busovata.[2]

Demographics

As of 2011 this village has 804 inhabitants. 802 are Albanian, 1 is a Turk and one unknown.[3]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dinic, "Iz Dubrovačkog arhiva" I, 47, 88.
  2. Book: S. Pulaha, The Albanian population of Kosovo during the XV-XVI century, p. 677.
  3. Web site: Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011 .