Shtime | |
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Town andmunicipality | |
 Flag  Emblem | |
  Shtime  Shtime | |
| Coordinates:42°26′N21°02′E / 42.433°N 21.033°E /42.433; 21.033 | |
| Country | Kosovo |
| District | Ferizaj |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Qemal Aliu (VV) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 134 km2 (52 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 565 m (1,854 ft) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Municipality | 24,308 |
| • Density | 181/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 7,487 |
| • Ethnicity | |
| Demonym(s) | Albanian:Shtimjan (m), Shtimjane (f) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 72000 |
| Area code | +383 290 |
| Vehicle registration | 05 |
| Website | kk |
Shtime (Albaniandefinite form:Shtimja) orŠtimlje (Serbian Cyrillic:Штимље), is atown andmunicipality located in theFerizaj District ofKosovo. According to the 2024 census, the town of Shtime has 7,487 inhabitants, while the municipality has 24,308 inhabitants. The territory of the municipality covers an area of 134 km2 (52 sq mi).
Since the end of the 13th century Shtime was one of four courts of theKing of Serbia in Nerodimlje župa. Its position at that time was on the northern bank ofSvrčin Lake.[2]
After themass expulsion of the Albanians from the formerSanjak of Niş by thePrincipality of Serbia, manyMuhaxhir refugee families settled in Shtime and its surroundings. During theYugoslav colonisation of Kosovo, 95 Serbo-Montenegrin colonist families were settled in Shtime and the surrounding villages by the Yugoslav government.[3] DuringWorld War II, Albanians looted and demolished the Serbian church in the municipality.[4]
The municipality of Shtime was established in 1988 by settlements that were previously part of the municipalities of Ferizaj and Lipjan. It was established with a total of 23 settlements: 19 from Ferizaj and 4 from Lipjan. The town itself was chosen as the seat of the municipality.
During theKosovo War, in the village ofReçak, the massacre of 45 civilian Albanians took place by the Serbian forces. TheReçak massacre was the "turning point in the war", as it played a role inNATO's decision to mount an organizedmilitary operation against theFederal Republic of Yugoslavia.[5] In late March of 1999, Serbian forces set fire to the headquarters of ahuman rights committee and theDemocratic League of Kosovo party, as well as the building that housed the formerOSCE mission. Serbian forces also torched homes, shops, and vehicles belonging to Kosovo Albanians, displacing approximately 25,000 civilians, who were forced to flee to villages in the south. In early April 1999, it was reported that Serbian forces killed five Kosovo Albanian civilians in the area.[6]
Shtime lies on the western part of theKosovo field, and it has a central position in Kosovo. In the western side of the municipality is located theCarraleva mountain, which is the source of the river that passes through the town named Shtimjana.
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The municipality of Shtime is surrounded by the municipalities ofFerizaj in the east and south,Lipjan in the north andSuharekë in the western side. Shtime is around 12 km (7.5 mi) away from Ferizaj and around 13 km (8.1 mi) away from Lipjan.
According to the last census of 2024 by theKosovo Agency of Statistics, Shtime has 24,308 inhabitants of whom 7,487 live in the town.
The overwhelming majority of the population is ethnic Albanian at around 96.8%, while the minority areAshkali. The Albanians of Shtime, as of Albanians in all of Kosovo, speak theGheg dialect of theAlbanian language.[1]
Прва од резиденција која је била подигнута били су Пауни, нешто касније биће подигнути Неродимље и Штимље. Ове три резиденције ле- жале су на обали језера, док ће четврта резиден- ција, Сврчин бити подигнута на острву на средини језера. Прецизније, Пауни су били на самој обали језера, преко пута (на острву) је био Сврчин, док су Штимља били неколико километара северније, (исто тако на обали) а Неродимља неколико километара западно (под тврђавом Петрич) на речици Неродимки.
| District of Ferizaj |  | |
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| District of Gjakova | ||
| District of Gjilan | ||
| District of Mitrovica | ||
| District of Peja | ||
| District of Pristina | ||
| District of Prizren | ||
