Mamushë | |
Official Name: | Albanian: Mamushë / Mamusha / |
Settlement Type: | Town and municipality |
Image Blank Emblem: | Stema e Komunës Mamushë.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Emblem |
Pushpin Map: | Kosovo#Europe |
Coordinates: | 42.3167°N 63°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Kosovo |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | District of Prizren |
Established Title: | Municipality |
Established Date: | 2008 |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Abdullhadi Krasniqi |
Area Blank1 Title: | Urban |
Area Blank1 Km2: | 11.7 |
Area Blank2 Title: | Municipal |
Area Blank2 Km2: | 11.7 |
Elevation M: | 139 |
Population Total: | 5,615 |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Utc Offset1: | 1 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 20540 |
Area Code: | (+381) 029 |
Registration Plate Type: | Vehicle registration |
Registration Plate: | 04 |
Mamusha (Albanian: Mamusha; Turkish: Mamuşa; is a town and municipality located in the district of Prizren of Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the municipality has a population of 5,507.
In 2008, it became a municipality after being split as a village from the Prizren municipality. Of all municipal units in Kosovo, this one is by far the smallest in terms of area along with North Mitrovica, with only 11km².
The town is located on the northern part of Prizren. It also borders the cities Gjakovë and Suharekë.
According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Mamushë has 5,507 inhabitants. Based on the population estimates from the Kosovo Agency of Statistics in 2016, the municipality has 5,897 inhabitants.
The municipality is a primarily composed of ethnic Turks. It is the only settlement in Kosovo where Turks hold a majority.
The ethnic composition of the municipality:[2]
Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs | |||||||||||||
Year/Population | Turks | % | Albanians | % | Others | % | Total | ||||||
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1961 | 1,220 | 76.73 | 367 | 23.09 | - | - | 1,590 | ||||||
1971 | 1,794 | 88.5 | 241 | 11.83 | – | - | 2,038 | ||||||
1981 | 2,372 | 86.19 | 366 | 13.30 | - | - | 2,752 | ||||||
2011 | 5,128 | 93.1 | 327 | 5.9 | 52 | 0.9 | 5,507 | ||||||