Obiliq
| Obilić / Obiliq | |
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| Town and municipality | |
Obilić main street
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 Obilić / Obiliq
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| Coordinates: 42°41′N 21°04′E / 42.683°N 21.067°E | |
| Country | Kosovo |
| District | District of Pristina |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Xhafer Gashi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 105 km2 (41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 526 m (1,726 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 21,056 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 15000 |
| Area code(s) | +381 38 |
| Car plates | 01 |
| Website | Municipality of Obilic |
Obilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Обилић; Albanian: Obiliq or Kastriot) is a town and municipality in central Kosovo, belonging to the Pristina district. The municipality includes the town of Obilić and 19 villages, with a total population of ca. 21,056 (2008).
The municipality is located immediately north-west of Pristina on the main road to Mitrovica. It was created in 1989, prior to which it formed part of Pristina municipality.
The name for the town, Obilić, refers to Serbian national hero Miloš Obilić who killed the Ottoman Sultan Murad I at the Battle of Kosovo (1389). In Albanian, the town is known as Obiliq (a transliteration of the Serbian name), while an alternative name (used by Albanian nationalists) was coined by the Albanological Institute, Kastriot, after Albanian national hero George Kastrioti Skanderbeg (1405–1468). It was prior to 1912 known as Globoderica (Глободерица).
According to the 2011 census, the municipality had a population of 21,548. OSCE estimated in 2008 that the municipality had a population of approximately 19,500, the majority, some 15,000, Kosovo Albanian; minorities included some 2,200 Kosovo Serbs, 350 Roma, 300 Ashkali, 70 Bosnian Serbs and others.
According to ECMI (2013), Novo Brdo is inhabited by a Serb minority (3,000 or 12.37%).
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Coordinates: 42°41′24″N 21°04′40″E / 42.69000°N 21.07778°E
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