Kabash Explained

Kabash
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Kosovo
Coordinates:42.303°N 21.3533°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Gjilan
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Vitina
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:2324
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Kabash is a town in the Vitina Municipality of southeast Kosovo.[2]

History

The ancestors of the inhabitants of the village belong to the Kabashi tribe.

The Austro-Hungarian consulate in Belgrade reported that during February 1913, Serbian military forces executed all Albanian inhabitants of the villages of Kabash, Tërpezë, Lubisht and Gjylekar.[3]

Geography

The village is located in the Anamorava valley and is stiuated on the foot of the Karadak mountains.

Notes and References

  1. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-ethnic-loc2011.htm 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. GNS names
  3. Book: Michailidis, Iakovos D. . Cleansing the Nation: War related Demographic Changes in Macedonia . Boeckh . Katrin . Rutar . Sabine . The Wars of Yesterday: The Balkan Wars and the Emergence of Modern Military Conflict, 1912-13 . 2018 . Berghahn Books . 9781785337758 . 331.