Drenas

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Town and municipality in Kosovo

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::summary Town and municipality in Kosovo ::

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FieldValue
nameDrenas
native_nameГлоговац
Glogovac
settlement_typeTown and municipality
image_flagFlag of Drenas.png
image_sealStema e Komunës Gllogoc.svg
seal_altSeal of Drenas
pushpin_mapKosovo#Europe
pushpin_relief1
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameKosovo
subdivision_type1District
subdivision_name1Pristina
subdivision_type2Municipality
subdivision_name2Drenas
government_typeMayor–council
leader_partyPDKRLL
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameRamiz Lladrovci
unit_prefMetric
elevation_m
population_as_of2024
population_blank1_titleEthnicity
population_blank1
population_footnotes
population_density_km2auto
timezoneCET
utc_offset+1
timezone_DSTCEST
utc_offset_DST+2
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code13000
area_code_typeArea code
area_code+383 (0) 38
website
registration_plate_typeVehicle registration
registration_plate01
area_total_km2275.63
total_typeMunicipality
population_total48054
area_rank22nd in Kosovo
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Drenas or Gllogovc/Gllogoc (Drenasi or Gllogovci/Gllogoci), or Glogovac (Глоговац), is a town and municipality in the district of Pristina, Kosovo. The municipality has an area of 276.63 km2. According to the last census of 2024, the municipality has a population of 48,079.

History

The municipality was established before World War II as a distinct social, political, and administrative unit. Over the past eighty years, economic development has been very limited, as previous governments, directed from the central authorities of Yugoslavia, largely neglected the municipality.

Historically, Drenas was focused on extensive agricultural development. In the 1970s, the first initiatives for economic development in Drenas began to emerge. These efforts were accompanied by urban spatial development as well.

In 1981, the settlement of Drenas was officially declared a town, becoming the main administrative, cultural, social, and municipal center of the area.

Before and during the Kosovo War (1998–1999), the ethnic Albanian separatist organization, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), held significant influence and managed to control large parts of the municipality. Drenas as part of the Drenica region, the municipality was heavily affected by the conflict. During the war, forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were responsible for several massacres in the area. Mass graves were later exhumed in an attempt to conceal crimes. The status of Drenas during the Kosovo War is disputed, some sources say that Drenas was a KLA stronghold while others claim that the Serbian Police held the city.

Geography

Drenas municipality is located in central Kosovo, between the Çyçavica mountains in the east and the Drenica hills in the north and west. The main road from Pristina to Peja crosses the municipality. At a junction at Komorani village, a smaller road extends north from the highway, passing through Drenas town and continuing to Skenderaj.

Hydrology

The Drenica River, a left tributary of the Sitnica River, flows through the city. Within the municipality of Drenas, the small Vasileva Lake is also located. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/KRM_Photography_17.jpg" caption="[[Vasileva Lake]] is a small lake, rich in flora and fauna."] ::

Climate

Drenas has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) as of the Köppen climate classification with an average annual temperature of 11.1 C. The warmest month in Drenas is August with an average temperature of 22.4 C, while the coldest month is January with an average temperature of 0 C.

| name = Climate of Drenas | width = 85% | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Drenas

| Jan high C = 4.1 | Feb high C = 6.1 | Mar high C = 10.6 | Apr high C = 15.5 | May high C = 20.2 | Jun high C = 24.8 | Jul high C = 27.6 | Aug high C = 28.2 | Sep high C = 22.3 | Oct high C = 16.8 | Nov high C = 11 | Dec high C = 5.2 | year high C =

| Jan low C = -3.4 | Feb low C = -2.3 | Mar low C = 0.8 | Apr low C = 5 | May low C = 9.9 | Jun low C = 14.1 | Jul low C = 16.4 | Aug low C = 16.2 | Sep low C = 11.9 | Oct low C = 7 | Nov low C = 2.3 | Dec low C = -1.8 | year low C =

| source = Climate-Data

Demography

|url=https://askdata.rks-gov.net/pxweb/en/ASKdata/|publisher=Kosovo Agency of Statistics}}}}According to the last census of 2024 of the Kosovo Agency of Statistics, the municipality has a population of 48,079. The overwhelming majority of the population is Albanian (99.91%).

Economy

Ferronikeli mine and smelter operation provided jobs for more than 2,000 people at the peak of its production in 1988. As of 2019, it was "the largest exporter in Kosovo, accounting for about 40% of the country's exports". While the presence of significant ore deposits was noticed as long ago as 1958, the plant was commissioned in 1984 while the Socialist FRY was in power. The deposits are of the lateritic type. Heavy damages were inflicted on the facility during the 1999 conflict, leaving it inoperable. Ferronikeli was privatised after the war by Alferon Management. Since July 2018 the most recent owners are called Balfin Group, who took over the project after it had been idle for four months. The plant contributes to the infrastructure of the municipality with power, including water supply and an electric grid. Four nickel mines operate in the region: Çikatova, Dushkaja, Gllavica and Suke.

Two quarries at Korroticë e Ulët and Çikatovë e Vjeter have become operational since the conflict.

A major development is the building of the Trade Centre, which was completed by mid-2004. The municipality played a central role in the whole process by co-ordinating the financing, construction and management of the project. The Trade Centre contains 134 shops and offices for small businesses.

Infrastructure

Since 2000, there has been a gradual improvement in economic, agricultural, educational, medical and industrial growth. Municipal development has affected the construction of network-educational system, health and service network intensifying agricultural development has become especially after the construction of the irrigation system "Iber Lepenci", while a positive movement for the economy is marked by Ferronikeli, a local mining and smelting operation.

In 1936, the railway from Pristina to Peja was completed, which passed through the town of Drenas.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Cicavica_rock_train.JPG" caption="Dritan"] ::

Media

There are two Radio Stations, "92.1 Capital FM" broadcasting on a regional coverage, and "Radio Dodona" of which at the moment is not operating for unknown reasons, and there is a local TV station "Star TV" broadcasting on cable only.

Sports

Notable people

References

References

  1. "Rezultatet e Zgjedhjeve për Kryetar Komune 2025". [[Central Election Commission (Kosovo).
  2. "Population and housing census in Kosovo preliminary results - July 2024".
  3. "Population and housing census in Kosovo preliminary results - July 2024".
  4. "A Kosovo Chronology". PBS.
  5. (18 May 1999). "Serbs accused of clearing mass graves". BBC News.
  6. Gjinovci, Rron. (2 December 2016). "Elections in the stronghold of a divided party".
  7. "War Crimes in Kosovo - 5. Drenica Region".
  8. Demaku, Skender. "Assessment of the environmental status of Vasileva Lake in the municipality of Gllogoc, Kosovo".
  9. "Climate: Drenas". Climate-Data.
  10. "Population and Households by settlement, 1948-2024". [[Kosovo Agency of Statistics]].
  11. (7 November 2019). "LARGEST FERRONICKEL PRODUCING COMPANY IN KOSOVO RECEIVES EBRD FUNDING". South-East European Industrial Market. TLL Media.
  12. (29 July 2019). "DFF - Ferronikeli". EBRD.
  13. (17 December 2018). "About us". NewCo Ferronikeli.
  14. (July 2013). "OPTIMIZATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL FE-NI PRODUCTION PROCESS IN NEWCO FERRONIKELI IN KOSOVO".
  15. (24 July 2018). "Albania's Balfin acquires Kosovo's idled Newco Ferronikeli". bne IntelliNews.
  16. (12 May 2018). "Zu Besuch im Kosovo: Unterwegs mit Rainer Wieland MdEP, Vizepräsident des Europäischen Parlaments – Education Unlimited".

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