Strellc i Epërm
Strellc i Epërm
Gornji Streoc | |
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Village | |
  Strellc i Epërm | |
| Coordinates: 42°34′43″N 20°17′39″E / 42.578633°N 20.294069°E | |
| Country |  Kosovo |
| District | District of Peja |
| Municipality | Deçan |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 2,055 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Strellc i Epërm (in Albanian) or Gornji Streoc (Serbian: Горњи Стреоц), meaning "Upper Streoc", is a village in the Deçan municipality of western Kosovo, located between Deçan and Pejë along the mountainous border with Albania. The majority of inhabitants are ethnic Albanians.
Geography
The village is a rural settlement of the half-scattered type.[2] It is located on the eastern slopes of the Strellci mountain (2336 m).[2]
History
The village of Strelac (Стрѣльц; Стрелац) was first mentioned in Serbian medieval documents.[3][4] Ruins of a medieval fort (known in Serbian as gradište) exist below the village, on the Çeçan mountain.[5] The settlement was later divided into two parts, Gornji- (Upper) and Donji (Lower) Streoc. The village name was also spelled Gornje Streoce (Горње Стреоце),[6] Streovce, and Strovce.
During the Crimean War (1853–56), many Serbian families left the kaza (district) of Ipek and Yakova; 20 Serbian families left the village of Strellc.[7]
In 1901, an Albanian from Streoce tried to steal cattle from the Visoki Dečani, and was executed by Ottoman askeri; the mutesarif of Ipek welcomed their act, but his family threatened with vengeance towards the yüz başa of that crew.[8] After some days, an Ottoman crew of 25 was ambushed in Streoce.[8]
Both Strellc i Epërm and Strellc i Ulët were featured in an Episode of the Australian Series Foreign Correspondent prior to the Kosovo War.
Demographics
The village had a total population of 3,347 inhabitants according to the 2011 census.[9] The majority of inhabitants are ethnic Albanians.
According to the last census of 2024, the village has a population of 2,055 inhabitants.
Anthropology
The village's Albanians hail from Krasniqe.[10]
References
- ^ "ASK Data - Regjistrimi popullsisë". Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës (ASK). 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ a b Stamenković 2001, p. 505
- ^ ALEKSANDAR LOMA (2013). LA TOPONYMIE DE LA CHARTE DE FONDATION DE BANJSKA: Vers la conception d'un dictionnaire des noms de lieux de la Serbie medievale et une meilleure connaissance des structures onomastiques du slave commun. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. pp. 211–. ISBN 978-86-7025-621-7.
- ^ Atanasije Urošević (1990). Kosovo. Jedinstvo. p. 51. ISBN 978-86-7019-084-9.
- ^ Tatomir P. Vukanović (2001). Enciklopedija narodnog života, običaja i verovanja u Srba na Kosovu i Metohiji: VI vek - početak XX veka : više od 2000 odrednica. Vojnoizdavački zavod. p. 529. ISBN 978-86-7388-124-9.
- ^ Serbia (2003). Službeni glasnik Republike Srbije. Službeni glasnik Republike Srbije. p. 10.
- ^ Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti (1988). Zbornik Okruglog stola o naučnom istraživanju Kosova: održanog 26. i 27. februara 1985. godine. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. p. 109. ISBN 978-86-7025-089-5.
- ^ a b Dušan T. Bataković (1989). Dechani question. Историјски институт. p. 64.
- ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
- ^ Recherches albanologiques: Folklore et ethnologie. Instituti Albanologijik i Prishtinës. 1982. p. 106.
Strellci i Epërm (2800 banorë) — Krasniqe
Sources
- Srboljub Đ Stamenković (2001). Географска енциклопедија насеља Србије: А-Ђ. Универзитет у Београду. Географски факултет. pp. 505–508. ISBN 978-86-82657-13-2.