Coordinates: 42°25′46″N 20°28′36″E / 42.42954357192483°N 20.476678580150857°E / 42.42954357192483; 20.476678580150857

Vraniq, Gjakova

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Vraniq
Village
Coordinates: 42°25′46″N 20°28′36″E / 42.42954357192483°N 20.476678580150857°E / 42.42954357192483; 20.476678580150857
LocationFile:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo
DistrictGjakova
MunicipalityGjakova
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
279
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Vraniq is a village in District of Gjakova, Kosovo. Vraniq is situated nearby to the villages Beci and Doblibare. The village is also known as Vranesh since after the war.

History

The village was possibly mentioned in the Ottoman defters of 1485 as Vraniq with 12 homes.[2] The anthroponomy of the inhabitants of the village indicates it was inhabited by a Christian Albanian population, and the inhabitants of Vraniq bore Albanian names: Gjin son of Nikolla', 'Gjin son of Andrija', 'Nenko son of Progon', 'Nenko son of Gjin', 'Progon son of Gjon', 'Pepa son of Leka', 'Leka brother of Gjon', 'Andrija, son of Leka', 'Pepa, son of Mara', 'Leka son of Todor.[3]

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