Zhur ( or , ) is a village in the Prizren Municipality in southwestern

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History

Zhur is an Albanian toponym. The village Zhur was recorded in the Ottoman register of 1452 and had inhabitants with Albanian-Slavic names. After the

Kingdom of Serbia The Kingdom of Serbia was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Principality was ruled by the Obrenović dynast ...

acquired Kosovo in the first

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(1912), Serbia arranged a Military Administration named ''Žur''. The municipality was part of the Srez () of the Prizren District. This administrative subdivision lasted until January 6, 1929, after which the area was made part of the

Vardar Banovina The Vardar Banovina, or Vardar Banate ( Macedonian and ; ), was a province ( banate) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. History It was located in the southernmost part of the country, encompassing the whole of today's North Mace ...

in the newly formed

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Geography

Zhur is located in southwestern Kosovo, five kilometers east of Morina in

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, and eight kilometers west of

Prizren Prizren ( sq-definite, Prizreni, ; sr-cyr, Призрен) is the second List of cities and towns in Kosovo, most populous city and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality of Kosovo and seat of the eponymous municipality and District of Prizren, ...

. Neighbouring villages include Poslishta and Billusha to the east, as well as Shkoza to the west. The mountain landscape of the Koritnik starts south of the village. The M-25 goes directly through the village, and the R7 passes north of the village.

Climate

Population

Zhur has a population of 5,909. Of these, 5,897 are

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s and six

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. Eshref Ademaj (1940–1994) was a Yugoslav mathematician and education activist of

ethnicity. He was born in Zhur. The Albanians of this village speak

in the

Gheg Gheg or Geg (Gheg Albanian: ''gegnisht'', Standard ) is one of the two major varieties of Albanian, the other being Tosk. The geographic dividing line between the two varieties is the Shkumbin River, which winds its way through central Alba ...

dialect.

Religion

5,903 are

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, one

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and one stated otherwise.

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Location
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhur Villages in Prizren