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Mališevo (Serbian: Малишево, Mališevo; Albanian Malishevë or Malisheva) is a town and municipality in the Prizren District of central Kosovo, a Serbian province under UN administration. The town itself has approximately 2,300 inhabitants while the municipality has an estimated 56,000 inhabitants.
[edit] History
The town was a stronghold for the ethnically Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army during the conflict in Kosovo in 1998/1999. The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) formally re-established the municipality of Mališevo in July 2000. During the war, a number of atrocities were committed by both Albanian and Yugoslav forces. One such incident occurred in Mališevo, the execution of no fewer than seven Serbian men, named the Mališevo Massacre. The UN-run Office on Missing Persons and Forensics began the excavations at the site in May 2005.
[edit] Demographics
| Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs |
| Year/Population |
Albanians |
% |
Roma |
% |
Total |
| January 1999 |
60,411 |
N/A |
45 |
|
60,456 |
| February 2005 |
65,500 |
99.9 |
20 |
0.01 |
App. 65,520 |
| Ref: OSCE[1]) |
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The first name of the municipality is Serbian and the second one is Albanian
