Beci | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Beci | |
| Coordinates: 42°26′35″N20°26′58″E / 42.44306°N 20.44944°E | |
| Country |  Kosovo |
| District | Gjakova |
| Municipality | Gjakova |
| Elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Population (2011) [1] | |
| • Total | 1,223 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Beci is a village in the Dushkaja subregion in the Gjakova Municipality of Kosovo. It is almost exclusively inhabited by ethnic Albanians, who form the near-absolute majority of the village's population.
It is believed that the toponym is derived from the Albanian word Bec-i, which means "little lamb" in Albanian. [2]
Beci is bordered by Sapot to the west, Zhdrellë and Rashkoc to the northwest and north, Cërmjan to the northeast, Meqe east , Doblibare and Vraniq to the southeast and with Lugu e Bunarit to the south and southwest. It is located in the ethnographic Dushkaja region, and is situated around 7km northeast of Gjakova.
Beci is divided into two sections - Beci i Epër (Upper Beci) and Beci i Poshtëm (Lower Beci). In the cadastral documents of the Sanjak of Shkodra in 1485, the village is mentioned with the name Beçi. [3] The inhabitants bore a mixture of Albanian, Christian and Slavic names. [4]
In the Ottoman register of 1582 the inhabitants bore majority Albanian names, indicating the village was historically inhabited by an Albanian population. [5] [6]
Beci is inhabited by a near-absolute majority of ethnic Albanians, and most of the inhabitants traditionally belonged to a single Albanian tribal brotherhood around 300 years ago - the Mërturi-Berisha. The village was traditionally divided into 4 neighbourhoods - the neighbourhoods of the Biblekët, Ndreajt, Salcët and Tetajt. The Muslim and Catholic Albanians here belong to the same brotherhood. [7] There is also a family that hails from the Krasniqi tribe and one that hails from the Thaçi tribe. [8]
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