Dobrosin Explained

Official Name:Dobrosin
Native Name:Добросин
Native Name Lang:sr
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Serbia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Serbia
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Pčinja District
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Bujanovac
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:8.57
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:747
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:42.4494°N 21.6361°W
Elevation M:677

Dobrosin (Serbian: Добросин, Albanian: Dobrosin) is a village located in the municipality of Bujanovac, southern Serbia.

The village is located on the administrative border with Kosovo, some 16 kilometres from Bujanovac.[2]

History

After the Kosovo War (1998–99), a demilitarized zone was established between Kosovo (governed by United Nations) and inner Serbia and Montenegro, which included Dobrosin. The Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac, an ethnic Albanian terrorist organization, was formed in the village in early January 2000.[2] It sought the unification of Albanian-inhabited Preševo Valley with Kosovo, leading an insurgency between 12 June 1999–1 June 2001.

In 2012, three attacks were made on the Serbian border police station at Dobrosin.[2]

Demographics

The village is inhabited by a majority of ethnic Albanians. In 1991 census, the settlement had a population of 1,029 people. In 2002 census, the settlement had a population of 747 people. Of these, 719 (96,25 %) were ethnic Albanians, and 27 (3,61 %) others.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Насеља општине Бујановац . stat.gov.rs . Statistical Office of Serbia . 7 November 2019 . sr . pdf . 14 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151114152815/http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/axd/Registar/SlikeRegioni/Mapiranemape/CentralnaSrbija/ReBujanovac.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Хапшење због напада у Добросину.
  3. Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003.