Shalë, Lipjan Explained

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.

Geography

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).

Characteristics

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.

Population History[2]
YearPop.-+%
1948733
1953820+11.9%
1961972+18.5%
19711,245+28.1%
19811,735+39.4%
19912,294+32.2%
20112,517+9.7%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240807014040/http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-ethnic-loc2011.htm . August 7, 2024 . August 31, 2024 . Mashke.
  2. Web site: Kosovo . 2024-08-31 . pop-stat.mashke.org.