Çikatovë e Vjetër (, /''Staro Čikatovo'') is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
and
quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mining, open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock (geology), rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some juri ...
near
Drenas
Drenas or Gllogovc/Gllogoc ( sq-definite, Drenasi or ''Gllogovci/Gllogoci'') or Glogovac ( sr-Cyrl, Глоговац) is a town and municipality in the District of Pristina in Kosovo. The municipality has an area of . According to the last cens ...
in
Kosovo
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.
During World War II, Albanians destroyed the Serbian church in the village.
Alternative names
The village has a number of names in both Albanian and Serbian.
In Albanian, alternative names include:
*''Qikatovë e Vjetër''
*''Çikatova''
In Serbian, alternatives are:
*''Ćikatovo'' (Ћикатово)
*''Čikalovo'' (Чикалово)
References
Villages in Drenas
Quarries in Kosovo
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