Gjylekar | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kosovo |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 42.3478°N 21.4278°W |
Subdivision Type: | Location |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Gjilan |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Viti |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 595 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2499 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Gjylekar or Skifteraj is a village in Viti municipality, Kosovo.
The village borders the Anamorava valley in the North and is situated in the Karadak mountains.
The ancestors of the inhabitants of the village belong to the Gashi tribe and originally settled in the Gjakova Highlands.
The Austro-Hungarian consulate in Belgrade reported that during February 1913, Serbian military forces massacred nearly all Albanian inhabitants of the village.[2]