Ivan Kula
Ivan Kula
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Village | |
  Ivan Kula Location within Serbia | |
| Coordinates: 42°57′20″N 21°24′26″E / 42.95556°N 21.40722°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| District | Toplica District |
| Municipality | Kuršumlija |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 39 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Ivan Kula (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Кула) is a village in the municipality of Kuršumlija, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village had a population of 23 people.[1]
History
[edit]In 1878, Serbian ethnologist Milan Milićević recorded local traditions that the inhabitants of Ivan Kula are Albanians who settled after the Battle of Kosovo in the 14th century.[2] The name of the village comes from Ivan Begu. In 1876, the majority of the Albanians in Ivan Kula were Muslims while there existed also an Orthodox and Catholic minority.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ https://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Knjiga20.p
- 1 2 Milan. Đj. Miličević (1884). Kralevina Srbije, Novi Krajevi. Beograd. p. 354.
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