Llapushnik Llapushniku | |
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Village | |
![]() Church in Llapushnik | |
Coordinates: 42°33′56″N20°50′38″E / 42.56556°N 20.84389°E | |
Location | ![]() |
District | Pristina |
Municipality | Drenas |
Government | |
Population (2024) [1] | |
• Total | 2,904 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Llapushnik (or Llapushniku) is a village in municipality Drenas in Kosovo. [a]
![]() | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (March 2013) |
Demographics | |
Year | Population |
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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. |
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]