Mushtisht
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Village | |
 Church of Virgin Hodegetria before destruction | |
  Mushtisht Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°17′55″N 20°53′20″E / 42.29861°N 20.88889°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Prizren |
| Municipality | Suhareka |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,394 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Mushtisht or Mušutište (Serbian Cyrillic: Мушутиште) is a village in the Suhareka municipality in Kosovo. It is located to the west of the Nerodimka mountain. It has 10 medieval Serbian Orthodox churches, including the notable Church of Virgin Hodegetria, which was destroyed in 1999.
The village used to have a mixed Albanian-Serbian population; according to the 1991 census, it had 5016 inhabitants.
The Serbian inhabitants fled the village during the Kosovo war. All their houses were subsequently set on fire and most of their properties usurped. Their return to the village has been actively opposed by an Albanian group.[2]
- ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
- ^ Hasanaj, Marija Ristic, Cazim (2016-08-29). "Violent Protest Against Kosovo Serbs Condemned". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
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