Ugljare, Graçanicë Explained

Uglarë
Native Name:Ugljare
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Kosovo#Europe
Pushpin Relief:1
Coordinates:42.6284°N 21.1067°W
Subdivision Type:Location
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Pristina
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Gracanica
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1186
Population Density Km2:auto

Ugljare (Serbian: Угљаре) or Uglara (Albanian: Uglarë), is a village in the Gračanica municipality of Kosovo. Ugljare was part of the Kosovo Polje municipality before the Gračanica Municipality was created.

It is a Serb enclave; it has a supermajority of ethnic Serbs.[2]

Ugljare is located about 5 kilometers from city center of Pristina and 12 kilometers from the Gračanica monastery. There is river passing through the Ugljare, Prištevka.

Notes and References

  1. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-ethnic-loc2011.htm 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. Book: Bouckaert, Peter. Failure to Protect: Anti-minority Violence in Kosovo, March 2004. 17 March 2013. 2004. Human Rights Watch. 42. GGKEY:XX8XTDK4E19.