Shpenadi

Shpenadi
Village
Shpenadi is located in Kosovo
Shpenadi
Shpenadi
Location within Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°16′23″N 20°45′22″E / 42.273°N 20.756°E / 42.273; 20.756
Location Kosovo
DistrictPrizren
Elevation
438 m (1,437 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
1,168
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Shpenadi is a village in the District of Prizren, in Kosovo.

History

Shpenadi was mentioned as an Arbanas (Albanian) settlement in a medieval document from 1348. The village Shpenadi is also mentioned in the Ottoman defter of 1591 as 'Shpinadija'.

References

  1. ↑ "Ethnic composition Kosovo 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
  2. 1 2 Pulaha, Selami (1984). Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves Gjate Shekujve XV XVI. Tirana: 8 Nëntori. p. 16, 246.
  3. ↑ Malcolm, Noel (1999). Kosovo : a short history. New York: HarperPerennial. ISBN 0-06-097775-2. OCLC 41603542. And Dusan's chrysobull of 1348 for the Monastery of the Holy Archangels in Prizren mentions a total of nine Albanian katuns