Llapushnik

Llapushnik Llapushniku
Village
Church in Llapushnik
Llapushnik Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°33′56″N20°50′38″E / 42.56556°N 20.84389°E / 42.56556; 20.84389
Location	Kosovo
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]

Demography

Demographics
Year	Population
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.

History

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 First Battle of Llapushnik. ^{[2] [3]} Yugoslav forces seized back control of Llapushnik on 27 July 1998 after a second battle. ^[4] Llapushnik remained under Yugoslav control until 31 March 1999 when Yugoslav forces withdrew from their positions in Drenica after an offensive on the Region. ^[5]

Notes

1. Drenas=Kosove

References

1. "ASK Data - Regjistrimi popullsisë". Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës (ASK). 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
2. "22 years since the battle of Llapushnik". KosovaPress. 2020-05-10. Archived from the original on 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
3. "Veseli: The Battle of Llapushnik increased the population's confidence in the strength of the KLA". KosovaPress. 2020-05-09. Archived from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
4. "Serbs claim rebel bastion on key Kosovo road". 27 July 1998.
5. "Kosovo: Civilians rounded up and murdered by Serbian forces, witnesses tell Amnesty International delegates" (PDF). amnesty.org. After Serb forces withdrew from the area on or around 31 March, ethnic Albanians were again able to emerge from hiding.