Klina

Klina
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Official logo of Klina
Location of the municipality of Klina within Kosovo
Location of the municipality of Klina within Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°37′N 20°34′E / 42.617°N 20.567°E / 42.617; 20.567
CountryKosovo
DistrictDistrict of Peja
 • Municipal309 km2 (119 sq mi)
Population
(2011)
 • Urban5,542
 • Municipal38,496
 • Municipal density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
32000
Area code+381
Car plates03
Websitekk.rks-gov.net/kline

Klina (definite Albanian form: Klinë; Serbian Cyrillic: Клина) is a town and municipality located in the District of Peja of north-western Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Klina has 5,542 inhabitants, while the municipality has 38,496 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the river Klina into the White Drin. A symbol of Klina are the Mirusha Waterfalls.

History

During early Middle Ages, Porphyrogenitus mentions the urban center of Desstinik, today Dërsnik, where important archeological discoveries of Roman period were made in August 2013, described as: ...the most important discovery of the past few decades to have been made in Kosovo in the area of archaeology.

Economy

There is one bauxite mine operating on the territory of Klina - Grebnik mine.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
196127,153—    
197142,351+4.55%
198154,539+2.56%
199152,266−0.42%
201138,496−1.52%

According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Klina has 38,496 inhabitants. Based on the population estimates from the Kosovo Agency of Statistics in 2016, the municipality has 39,759 inhabitants.

The ethnic composition of the municipality:

Ethnic composition
Year/Population Albanians  % Serbs  % Montenegrins  % Roma  % Total
1961 16,756 66.75 7,378 27.17 1,372 5.05 80 0.29 27,153
1971 32,897 78.04 7,864 18.57 1,157 2.73 118 0.28 42,351
1981 45,594 83.60 6,829 12.52 973 1.78 798 1.46 54,539
1991 43,248 82.75 5,209 9.97 621 1.19 1,278 2.45 52,266
January 1999 55,000 78.6 10,000 14.3 5,000 7.1 70,000
2011 37,216 96.7 98 0.25 - - 78 0.2 38,496
Ref: Yugoslav Population Censuses for data through 1991, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe estimates for 1999 and 2006

In September 2014, 12 Egyptian families returned to Klina having spent the last 15 years displaced in Podgorica, Montenegro. The families moved straight into a newly constructed neighbourhood as part of project helping refugees from the Kosovo War return to Kosovo.

Notable people


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