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Reçak

Reçak
Рачак
Račak
Village
Reçak is located in Kosovo
Reçak
Reçak
Location within Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°25′45″N 21°01′01″E / 42.429296°N 21.017014°E / 42.429296; 21.017014
Location Kosovo
DistrictFerizaj
MunicipalityShtime
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total
1,265
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Reçak (Albanian: Reçak; Serbian: Рачак / Račak) is a village in the Shtime municipality of Kosovo.

It was the site of the January 1999 Račak massacre, in which 45 villagers were killed by Serbian forces.

History

Middle Ages

The village was first mentioned in a chrysobull by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan in 1343. Noted in an Ottoman defter of 1487, the village was home to a monastery, consecrated in the name of Saints Cosmas and Damian.[2]

Kosovo War

Main article: Račak massacre

Prior to the summer of 1998, Račak had a population of around 2,000 people. Most of its population was displaced by fighting between the Yugoslav Army and soldiers from the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in July 1998.

By January 1999, about 350 people had returned to the village, according to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). On 16 January 1999, OSCE monitors found the bodies of 45 people in and around the village in what became widely known as the Račak massacre. Following the incident, for which the international community blamed the Serbian military, the remaining population fled and did not return until the end of the Kosovo War in June 1999.[3][4]

There is a memorial to the victims of the massacre in the village,[5] where an annual ceremony to honour them is held.[5]

Geography

Reçak is located about half a kilometer southwest of the town of Shtime. The village lies on the Carraleva-mountain range. This mountain range divides the Kosovo field and Metohija.

Climate

Climate data for Zhur/Žur (1982-2012)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C 2.4 5.1 10.4 15 20 23.7 26.2 26.4 22.8 16.3 8.4 3.7 15.0
Mean daily minimum °C −4.1 −2.5 0.9 4.6 8.7 11.9 13.5 13.3 10.3 6.1 1.4 −2.4 5.1
Average rainfall mm 64 57 59 63 79 60 52 47 58 69 84 76 768
Mean daily maximum °F 36.3 41.2 50.7 59 68 74.7 79.2 79.5 73.0 61.3 47.1 38.7 59.1
Mean daily minimum °F 24.6 27.5 33.6 40.3 47.7 53.4 56.3 55.9 50.5 43.0 34.5 27.7 41.2
Average rainfall inches 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.5 3.1 2.4 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.7 3.3 3.0 30.2
Source: [6]

Population

As of the census of 2024, Reçak had a population of 1,265 of whom 1,264 were Albanians.[1]

Development[7]
Year Population
1948 613
1953 675
1961 865
1971 1,092
1981 1,464
1991 1,766
2011 1,638
2024 1,265

References

  1. ^ a b "Popullsia sipas gjinisë, etnicitetit dhe vendbanimit" [Population by gender, ethnicity, and place of residence] (PDF) (in Albanian). Prishtinë: Kosovo Agency of Statistics. July 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Kalezić, Dimitrije (2002). Enciklopedija pravoslavlja - Knjiga 3. Beograd: Savremena administracija. p. 1611. ISBN 9788638706792.
  3. ^ "Massacre haunts returning Kosovo villagers". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 15 June 1999.
  4. ^ "Kosovo village struggles in limbo a year later". Associated Press. 19 March 2000.
  5. ^ a b Isufi, Perparim (15 January 2020). "Kosovo Commemorates Massacre that Prompted NATO Bombing". Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Klima & Wetter in REÇAK". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  7. ^ Tim Bespyatov. "Kosovo Census". Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2017.

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