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Zhur
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Village | |
  Zhur Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°10′1″N 20°36′47″E / 42.16694°N 20.61306°E | |
| Country |  Kosovo |
| District | Prizren |
| Municipality | Prizren |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 3,624 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Zhur (Albanian: Zhur or Zhuri, Serbian: Жур / Žur) is a village in the Prizren Municipality in southwestern Kosovo.
History
[edit]Zhur is an Albanian toponym.[2] The village Zhur was recorded in the Ottoman register of 1452 and had inhabitants with Albanian-Slavic names.[3]
In 1912, during the Battle of Lumë, retreating Serbian soldiers were ambushed near the village by Albanian irregulars.[4]
After the Kingdom of Serbia acquired Kosovo in the first Balkan War (1912), Serbia arranged a Military Administration named Žur. The municipality was part of the Srez (Serbian: Šar) of the Prizren District. This administrative subdivision lasted until January 6, 1929, after which the area was made part of the Vardar Banovina in the newly formed Yugoslavia.[5]
Geography
[edit]Zhur is located in southwestern Kosovo, five kilometers east of Morina in Albania, and eight kilometers west of Prizren. Neighbouring villages include Poslishta and Billusha to the east, as well as Shkoza to the west. The mountain landscape of the Koritnik starts south of the village.
The M-25 goes directly through the village, and the R7 passes north of the village.
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Zhur/Žur (1982-2012) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C | 3.4 | 6.4 | 11.6 | 16.4 | 21.8 | 25.5 | 27.9 | 28 | 24.1 | 17.3 | 9.9 | 4.9 | 16.5 |
| Mean daily minimum °C | −2.8 | −0.6 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 10.3 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 11.8 | 7.4 | 3.1 | −0.8 | 6.8 |
| Average rainfall mm | 83 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 81 | 55 | 49 | 47 | 68 | 86 | 108 | 98 | 894 |
| Mean daily maximum °F | 38.1 | 43.5 | 52.9 | 61.5 | 71.2 | 77.9 | 82.2 | 82 | 75.4 | 63.1 | 49.8 | 40.8 | 61.7 |
| Mean daily minimum °F | 27.0 | 30.9 | 36.3 | 43.2 | 50.5 | 56.8 | 59.7 | 59.2 | 53.2 | 45.3 | 37.6 | 30.6 | 44.2 |
| Average rainfall inches | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 35.2 |
| Source: [6] | |||||||||||||
Population
[edit]| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1919 | 1,304 |
| 1948 | 1,926 |
| 1953 | 2,019 |
| 1961 | 2,348 |
| 1971 | 3,214 |
| 1981 | 4,353 |
| 1991 | 5,230 |
| 2011 | 8,927 |
| 2024 | 3,624 |
Zhur has a population of 3,624. Of these, 3,622 are Albanians and two Bosniaks.[1] The Albanians of this village speak Albanian in the Gheg dialect.
Religion
[edit]Notable people
[edit]- Eshref Ademaj (1940–1994), Albanian mathematician and education activist
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Popullsia sipas gjinisë, etnicitetit dhe vendbanimit" [Population by gender, ethnicity, and place of residence] (PDF) (in Albanian). Prishtinë: Kosovo Agency of Statistics. July 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves - Pulaha
- ↑ Vilajet of Pashtrik 1452
- ↑ Memoirs of Kosta Novaković
- ↑ Agimi. "Ndarja administrative në Qarkun e Prizrenit - në vitin 1919". Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
- ↑ "Klima & Wetter in Zhur". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Ndarja Administrative ne Qarkun e Prizrenit - ne Vitin 1919". Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ Tim Bespyatov. "Kosovo Census". Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ↑ Tim Bespyatov. "Religious composition of Kosovo 2011". Retrieved May 24, 2017.