Krushë e Madhe
Velika Kruša
Village
Krushë e Madhe is located in Kosovo
Krushë e Madhe
Krushë e Madhe
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°19′08″N 20°38′10″E / 42.319°N 20.636°E / 42.319; 20.636
Location Kosovo
DistrictGjakova
MunicipalityRahovec
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total4,473
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Krushë e Madhe (Serbian: Velika Kruša) is a village in the municipality of Rahovec of western Kosovo. With a population of around 7,000, it is the second largest village in Kosovo.[2] During the Kosovo War, the village was a stronghold of the Kosovo Liberation Army.[3] On 25 March 1999, it was the site of a massacre by the Army of Serbia and Montenegro in which 205 Kosovo Albanian civilians were killed.[4]

References

  1. 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. Krusha e Madhe themelon kooperativën bujqësore, Koha.NET - Arkivi. (n.d.).
  3. "Case Study: Velika Krusa". BBC News. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. Kandić, Nataša (2011-09-30). "The Kosovo Memory Book 1998-2000". Humanitarian Law Center. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
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