Zubin Potok (Albaniandefinite form: Zubin Potoku; Serbian Cyrillic: Зубин Поток) is a town and municipality located in the Mitrovica District in Kosovo. As of 2015, it has an estimated population of 15,200 inhabitants.[1] It covers an area of 335 km2 (129 sq mi), and consists of the main town and 63 villages.
In the village of Vragë, an attack on the water channel that supplies water to the coal-fired power stations and drinking water to some municipalities was attacked. The attack was classified as a terrorist attack committed by the local Serb organization Civilna Zastita (Civil Protection).[2]
Settlements
Aside from the town of Zubin Potok, these villages comprise the municipality of Zubin Potok:
According to the 2011 estimations by the Government of Kosovo, Zubin Potok has 1,698 households and 6,616 inhabitants.[3] In 2015 report by OSCE, the population of Zubin Potok municipality stands at 15,200 inhabitants.[1]
Ethnic groups
The majority of Zubin Potok municipality is composed of Kosovo Serbs with more than 13,900 inhabitants (91.5%), while 1,300 (8.5%) Kosovo Albanians live in the municipality.[1] Most of Zubin Potok's Kosovo Albanians live in the village of Çabër (Čabra).
The ethnic composition of the municipality of Zubin Potok, including IDPs:[4][1]
Zubin Potok is an agricultural community, yet the level of agricultural production has been in decrease due to the lack of investment. Local factories have been also strongly affected by the lack of consumers in the Albanian parts of Kosovo.
