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Suva Reka
Suva Reka (Serbian Cyrillic: Сува Река) or Suharekë (Albanian definite form: Suhareka) or Therandë (Albanian definite form: Theranda) is a town and municipality located in the Prizren district of central-southern Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town has 10,422 inhabitants, while the municipality has 59,722 inhabitants mostly Kosovo Albanians.
Suva Reka is located 18 km (11 mi) from the city of Prizren, and 57 km (35 mi) from Kosovo's capital, Pristina.
Suva Reka means "dry river" in the Serbian language. The Albanian spellings are Suharekë or Suhareka (derived from the Slavic form), while an alternative Therandë, was adopted from an unlocated ancient site (possibly in Suhareka or Lubizhda in the Mirusha valley.
The municipality includes several medieval sites and old settlements, such as the villages of Banjë, Suharekë, Duhël, Mushtishtë, Popolan, Reçan, and churches of Virgin Hodegetria, St. George, Holy Trinity, St. Nicholas, among others. The settlement of Theranda itself was first mentioned in 1465 and is thought to date back to the 2nd century BC. Theranda was an important roman commercial city and also served as a military outpost with an amphitheater, public baths, stone walls and a gate.
In 1651, Albanian Catholic Gregor Mazrreku reported that all the men in Suharekë (Suva Reka), where there had previously been 160 Catholic households, had converted to Islam. However, approximately 36 or 37 of their wives remained Catholic.
From 1929 to 1941, Suva Reka was administratively part of the Vardar Banovina within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Between 1918 and 1941, the demographic composition of the Suva Reka municipality was influenced by settlement and colonization efforts, notably the Serbian colonization, with most settlers originating from the Toplica District.
During World War II, Albanians destroyed the Serbian church in Trnje in Suva Reka. On the night of 9–10 June 1984, ethnic Albanians desecrated 29 tombstones of the Church of the Holy Saviour.
During the Kosovo War (1998–99), the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) operated in the region and it was reported that it had killed and wounded several Serbian policemen and civilians. Among KLA attacks against police officers recorded in 1998 in the municipality were: on 16 August in Bllacë (one badly wounded), on 23 August in Duhël (three badly, four lightly wounded) and in Reshtan (one badly wounded), on 25 August in Duhël (one badly wounded), on 28 September in Budakovë (three badly wounded) and in Vraniq (one lightly wounded). KLA shot at an OSCE vehicle driving behind a FR Yugoslav military convoy between Suva Reka and Shtime on 5 November 1998. On 8 January 1999, KLA members ambushed a MUP convoy near Suva Reka, killing three Serbian policemen. In 10–16 January 1999, FR Yugoslav forces conducted counter-insurgency operations in Suva Reka.
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Suva Reka
Suva Reka (Serbian Cyrillic: Сува Река) or Suharekë (Albanian definite form: Suhareka) or Therandë (Albanian definite form: Theranda) is a town and municipality located in the Prizren district of central-southern Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town has 10,422 inhabitants, while the municipality has 59,722 inhabitants mostly Kosovo Albanians.
Suva Reka is located 18 km (11 mi) from the city of Prizren, and 57 km (35 mi) from Kosovo's capital, Pristina.
Suva Reka means "dry river" in the Serbian language. The Albanian spellings are Suharekë or Suhareka (derived from the Slavic form), while an alternative Therandë, was adopted from an unlocated ancient site (possibly in Suhareka or Lubizhda in the Mirusha valley.
The municipality includes several medieval sites and old settlements, such as the villages of Banjë, Suharekë, Duhël, Mushtishtë, Popolan, Reçan, and churches of Virgin Hodegetria, St. George, Holy Trinity, St. Nicholas, among others. The settlement of Theranda itself was first mentioned in 1465 and is thought to date back to the 2nd century BC. Theranda was an important roman commercial city and also served as a military outpost with an amphitheater, public baths, stone walls and a gate.
In 1651, Albanian Catholic Gregor Mazrreku reported that all the men in Suharekë (Suva Reka), where there had previously been 160 Catholic households, had converted to Islam. However, approximately 36 or 37 of their wives remained Catholic.
From 1929 to 1941, Suva Reka was administratively part of the Vardar Banovina within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Between 1918 and 1941, the demographic composition of the Suva Reka municipality was influenced by settlement and colonization efforts, notably the Serbian colonization, with most settlers originating from the Toplica District.
During World War II, Albanians destroyed the Serbian church in Trnje in Suva Reka. On the night of 9–10 June 1984, ethnic Albanians desecrated 29 tombstones of the Church of the Holy Saviour.
During the Kosovo War (1998–99), the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) operated in the region and it was reported that it had killed and wounded several Serbian policemen and civilians. Among KLA attacks against police officers recorded in 1998 in the municipality were: on 16 August in Bllacë (one badly wounded), on 23 August in Duhël (three badly, four lightly wounded) and in Reshtan (one badly wounded), on 25 August in Duhël (one badly wounded), on 28 September in Budakovë (three badly wounded) and in Vraniq (one lightly wounded). KLA shot at an OSCE vehicle driving behind a FR Yugoslav military convoy between Suva Reka and Shtime on 5 November 1998. On 8 January 1999, KLA members ambushed a MUP convoy near Suva Reka, killing three Serbian policemen. In 10–16 January 1999, FR Yugoslav forces conducted counter-insurgency operations in Suva Reka.
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