Llapushnik

Llapushnik Llapushniku
Village
Kishe e Llapushnikut
Llapushnik Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°33′56″N 20°50′38″E
Location	Kosovo
District	Pristina
Municipality	Drenas
Government
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	3,433
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Llapushnik (or Llapushniku) is a village in municipality Drenas in Kosovo.[a]

Geography

Demography

Demographics
Year	Population
1948
1953
1961
1971
1981
1991
Ref: Federal Office of Statistics and Evidence of Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, census for 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. and 1991.

History

The village became notorious after 1998 because of the Lapušnik prison camp operated by the Albanian militant organization the UÇK. It also had a famous battle with the KLA and Yugoslav forces, which led to an KLA victory in 1998 known as the Battle of Llapushnik[2][3]

Notes

1. Drenas=Kosove

References

1. "2011 Kosovo Census results". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
2. "22 years since the battle of Llapushnik". KosovaPress. 2020-05-10. Archived from the original on 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
3. "Veseli: The Battle of Llapushnik increased the population's confidence in the strength of the KLA". KosovaPress. 2020-05-09. Archived from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-01-07.