Lipovec | |
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Village | |
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| Coordinates: 42°18′42″N20°28′38″E / 42.311550782011615°N 20.477271267145397°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Gjakova |
| Municipality | Gjakova |
| Population (2011) [1] | |
• Total | 860 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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Lipovec was possibly mentioned as a village in the Ottoman defter of 1485 as Lepovac and had 35 homes. The inhabitants of Lepovac bore Albanian anthroponyms. [2]
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