Kamenica or Dardana (Albaniandefinite form: Kamenicë or Dardanë), or Kosovska Kamenica (Serbian Cyrillic: Косовска Каменица), is a town and municipality located in the Gjilan District of Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Kamenica has 7,331 inhabitants, while the municipality has 36,085 inhabitants.
Kamenica always had better than average inter-ethnic relations during the Yugoslav era. Tensions today are low because there was less violence than elsewhere during the Kosovo War.[1]
Geographyedit
The municipality of Kamenica lies in the east of Kosovo. It is bordered to the southwest by Ranillug, to the west by the municipality of Novobërda, to the northwest by Pristina and to the north and east it borders Serbia. Gjilan is located 30 km (19 mi) away, while Pristina is 75 km (47 mi) from Kamenica.
Demographicsedit
Municipal historical population
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1948
37,677
—
1953
39,977
+1.19%
1961
43,058
+0.93%
1971
46,505
+0.77%
1981
48,320
+0.38%
1991
52,152
+0.77%
2011
36,085
−1.82%
2016 est.
31,285
−2.81%
Source: Division of Kosovo
According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Kamenica has 36,085 inhabitants.
Elections for the Mayor of the Municipality and the Municipial Assembly are held every four years. The ballots are separate, where voters can choose from a list of contenders hailing from various political parties on one ballot, and on the other they can choose one candidate for the representative at the Municipial Assembly from a specific partisan or independent list.
^Kosovo’s youngest mayor seeks to bridge ethnic divide, Financial Times
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kamenica (Kosovo).
Multicipality of Kosovska Kamenica
Kosovo’s youngest mayor seeks to bridge ethnic divide, Financial Times
December 18, 2023
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