Lipljan
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| Липљан / Lipljan Lipjan / Lipjani |
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| Government | |
| - Mayor | Shukri Buja |
| Population (1991) | |
| - Total | 69,451 (municipality) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| Area code(s) | 381 |
Lipljan or Lipjan (Albanian: Lipjan or Lipjani; Serbian: Липљан, Lipljan) is a city and municipality in the Pristina district of central Kosovo.
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[edit] Name and history
In Roman times the city was known as Ulpiana from which the name Lipljan is derived. Ulpiana was named by the Romans in honor of the Roman Emperor Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus. The neo-Latin form Lypenion for the city occurs for the first time in a Greek text from 1018 AD.
It is thought to be the birth place of Lekë Dukagjini (1410-1481), who replaced Skanderbeg as leader of the Albanian resistance against the Ottomans following the latters death in 1468.
[edit] Demographics
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| Year/Population | Albanians | % | Serbs | % | Croats | % | Others | % | Total | ||||
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| 1961 | 24,433 | 60.98 | 10,902 | 27.21 | 3,304 | 8.25 | 1,431 | 3.57 | 40,070 | ||||
| 1991 | 53,730 | 77.36 | 9,713 | 13.99 | 2,914 | 4.20 | 3,094 | 4.45 | 69,451 | ||||
| January 1999 | 62,706 | 81.3 | 9,985 | 13.0 | N/A | N/A | 5,834 | 7.6 | 77,087 | ||||
| 2000 | 63,478 | 83.3 | 9,300 | 12.2 | 363 | 0.5 | 1,890 | 2.6 | 76,143 | ||||
| Ref: Yugoslav Population Censuses for data through 1991, OSCE estimates for 1999 and 2000 | |||||||||||||
[edit] Economy
The municipality is predominantly agriculture-oriented. After the 1999 conflict, most of the businesses are no longer operational. Many shops and restaurants have opened in the town, but approximately 80 % of the population remains unemployed.
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Coordinates: 42°31′48″N 21°08′19″E / 42.53°N 21.13861°E
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