Shalë | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kosovo |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 42.5025°N 20.9208°W |
Subdivision Type: | Location |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Prishtinë |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Lipjan |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2517 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Shalë (Albanian: Shalë; Serbian Cyrillic: Седларе/Sedlare) is a village in the municipality of Lipjan, Kosovo. The village originally known as Sedllar, was recorded in the registers of the Kosovo vilayet in 1820 and 1893.
Shalë, a village in Kosovo, is strategically situated near the intersection of the Pristina-Prizren and Pristina-Peja road axes, approximately 26 kilometers from the municipality of Lipjan and 35 kilometers from Pristina, the capital of the Republic of Kosovo. The village lies on the Drenica River plain.
The village's highest point is Bajrak (873 m) and the lowest is at Ura e Ali Rexha (570 m).
Shalë is a mountainous village characterized by two steep slopes on its western side, with a road connected to Llapushë nestled between them. Until the 1990s, the area was home to ancient oak trees in the forest. Every neighbourhood featured a watermill in the Shalë Gorge.
Year | Pop. | -+% | |
1948 | 733 | – | |
1953 | 820 | +11.9% | |
1961 | 972 | +18.5% | |
1971 | 1,245 | +28.1% | |
1981 | 1,735 | +39.4% | |
1991 | 2,294 | +32.2% | |
2011 | 2,517 | +9.7% |