The Highlands of Gjakova or Gjakova Highlands (Albanian: Malësia e Gjakovës), known colloquially as Tropoja, refers to the mountainous ethnographic region...
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Gjakova or Đakovica is the seventh largest city of Kosovo and seat of Gjakova Municipality and Gjakova District. The city has 40,827 inhabitants, while...
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and the name of one of the major historical tribes of northern Albania. It is a historical tribal region situated in the Highlands of Gjakova. The Gashi...
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Bytyqi (category Tribes of Albania)
Bitiçi refers to an Albanian tribe or fis centred in the southeastern Highlands of Gjakova. The surname derived from the Albanian tribe that is found throughout...
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Krasniqi (category Geography of Kukës County)
District and is part of a wider area between Albania and Kosovo that is historically known as Gjakova highlands (Highlands of Gjakova). Krasniqi stretches...
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Mërturi (category Tribes of Albania)
tribe (fis) and region in the Highlands of Gjakova of north Albania. The Mërturi tribe is a traditional fis in the sense of being a community that claims...
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Mic Sokoli (category Heroes of Albania)
from the Highlands of Gjakova. He fought in the Battle of Nokshiq (near Grudë) against the Montenegrins, and was a notable fighter of the League of Prizren...
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Binak Alia (category Activists of the Albanian National Awakening)
an Albanian leader from the Highlands of Gjakova. He is remembered mainly for his participation in the Albanian Revolt of 1845, and as a wise old man...
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Morina (tribe) (category Tribes of Albania)
Morinë or fisi Marin) is a small tribe and historical region of the Highlands of Gjakova in Kosovo. The border post between Albania and Kosovo called...
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the town of Bujan within the Highlands of Gjakova, Albania on 25 May 1964. During the Kosovo War, he was the commander of the Paštrik Operational Zone...
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