Desivojca

Desivojcë Desivojca
Village
View of Desivojca
Desivojcë Location in Kosovo
Coordinates:
Location	Kosovo
District	Gjilan
Municipality	Kamenica
Area
• Total	16.42 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	177
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Desivojca is a village in the municipality of Kamenica, in the east of Kosovo. It has 16.41 km² (6.34 sq mi) of land, 89 houses with 755 inhabitants (sources from 1995). It is about 50 km (31 mi) from Gjilan. The village has a primary school called "Kadri Zeka" and a mosque built in 1816. It is a center for surrounding villages.

Geography

In the north it borders with the village of Huruglica, in north-east it borders with the village of Terstena, in the east is situated the village of Zarbinca and Pribovc, from south-east, south and west it is enclosed with the Laqiq village and in north-west is situated the village of Veleglava. Desivojca is a hilly mountainous area, with beautiful landscapes and developed vegetation. A river called Desivojca flows amidst dividing the village in two parts.

a view from Cipel 1037 m

The highest peaks in this village are:

• Drumi i Xheles (1,228 m or 4,029 ft),
• Rrafshi (1,157 m or 3,796 ft),
• Strajdeja (1,138 m or 3,734 ft),
• Maja e Zezë (1,094 m or 3,589 ft),
• Maja e Sreshnjes 1070m,
• Cipeli 1037m,
• and the lowest attitude in Desivojca is Mulliri i Robajve 660m.

Beautiful autumn view in the Komani neighborhood

Demographics

Desivojca has four main neighborhoods: Komani, Bunjaku, Padina and Zhigolli.

There are 12 main groups of families that live in Desivojca:

• Shkodra family,
• Bunjaku,
• Dragobuzhda,
• Mellova,
• Beshtica,
• Gurguroci,
• Gagica,
• Surdulli,
• Klaiqi
• Rukoci
• Bajraliu
• Robelli

Many inhabitants from this village now live in urban centers like Gjilan, Kamenica, Pristina, and Ferizaj.

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