Llapushnik Llapushniku | |
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Village | |
  Llapushnik Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°33′56″N20°50′38″E / 42.56556°N 20.84389°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. [lower-alpha 1]
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| Demographics | |
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| 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. | |
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]
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The Battle of Lapušnik took place in Llapushnik, District of Pristina, 1998 during the Kosovo war. It lasted 3 days and ended in the Kosovo Liberation Army being victorious against the Yugoslav forces.
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