Llapushnik

Llapushnik
Llapushniku
Village
Church in Llapushnik
Church in Llapushnik
Llapushnik is located in Kosovo
Llapushnik
Llapushnik
Location in Kosovo
Location Kosovo
DistrictPristina
MunicipalityDrenas
Government
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
2,904
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
13000

Llapushnik (or Llapushniku) is a village in municipality Drenas in Kosovo.

Geography

Demography

Demographics
Year Population
1948
1953
1961
1971
1981
1991
Ref: Federal Office of Statistics and Evidence of Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, census for 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. and 1991.

History

The village became notorious after 1998 because of the Lapušnik prison camp operated by the Albanian militant organization the UÇK. It also had a famous battle with the KLA and Yugoslav forces, which led to an KLA victory in 1998 known as the First Battle of Llapushnik. Yugoslav forces seized back control of Llapushnik on 27 July 1998 after a second battle.

Notes

  1. ↑ Drenas=Kosove

References

  1. ↑ "ASK Data - Regjistrimi popullsisë". Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës (ASK). 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "22 years since the battle of Llapushnik". KosovaPress. 2020-05-10. Archived from the original on 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  3. ↑ "Veseli: The Battle of Llapushnik increased the population's confidence in the strength of the KLA". KosovaPress. 2020-05-09. Archived from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  4. ↑ "Serbs claim rebel bastion on key Kosovo road". 27 July 1998.