Английская Википедия:Baks, Skenderaj

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Шаблон:Infobox settlement

Baks is a settlement in the Skenderaj municipality in Kosovo. It lies 680–700 m over sea level.[1] The village is exclusively inhabited by ethnic Albanians; in the 1991 census, it had 1044 inhabitants.

Geography

It lies in the hilly region of Drenica, on the western slopes of Çiçavica, six km southeast from Skenderaj.[2]

History

The ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) had by 1997 controlled large parts of the Drenica region to save the Albanian population from Serbian forces. The nearby. village of Prekaz was the home to KLA leader Adem Jashari, who was killed together with most of his family in the Attack on Prekaz.Шаблон:Sfn During the Kosovo War, in late March 1999, Serb military forces undertook an offensive throughout Skenderaj.Шаблон:Sfn Villages were shelled and inhabitants of several villages, including Baks, fled to Çirez.Шаблон:Sfn Men from the village were captured and some were killed by Serb police during operations in Drenas and Skenderaj.Шаблон:Sfn In 2017, Bekim Jashari built houses for financially weak people from Baks.

Demographic history
Ethnic group 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981[3] 1991
Albanians 881
Others 1
Total[4] 732 587 628 688 882 1044

Economy

The village is primarily of livestock farming.[1]

References

Шаблон:ReflistDemographic development in Baks

Sources

Шаблон:Settlements in Srbica