Celinë | |
Native Name: | Celina |
Native Name Lang: | sr |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kosovo |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kosovo |
Coordinates: | 42.3377°N 20.6299°W |
Subdivision Type: | Location |
Subdivision Name: | Kosovo |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Gjakova |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Rahovec |
Population Total: | 1903 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Celinë (sq| Celinë) (sr| Celina/Целина) is a village in the municipality of Rahovec of western Kosovo.[2] With a population of around 2,000.
As of 2011, the village had a total population of 1,903 people. Of this, approximately 97.74% were Albanians, while 2.26% were Ashkalis.[1]
The village was recorded in the Ottoman register of 1591. The village then had 19 households and mansions ('Bashtina').The villagers were primarily characterized by Albanian (Gjoni, Nika, Pepa, Biba, Raja, Doda, Pali) anthropological traits, there was also a presence of Slavic (Stepan, Petric, Stojan) anthropology. The mansions ('Bashtina') listed bore Albanian, Slavic and Islamic names.[3]
On 25 March 1999, one day after NATO began bombing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the village of Celinë in Kosovo was the site of a mass killing, during which over 80 ethnic Albanian civilians were executed by Serbian forces.[4] [5]