Fshaj

Fshaj
Village
Fshaj
Coordinates: 42°23′06″N 20°32′24″E / 42.385°N 20.540°E / 42.385; 20.540
Location Kosovo
DistrictGjakova
MunicipalityGjakova
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total
260
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Fshaj is a village in the municipality of Gjakova, Kosovo. The village is situated nearby to the villages Ujz and Gexhë.

Background

The name of the village is by Pulaha considered to be an Albanian toponym.[2]

Fshaj is mentioned as a village in the Ottoman register of 1485 by the name of Fshajani/Ifshajani and had 50 households.[3] The village is also mentioned in the Ottoman register of 1571 and had then 19 households. The Ottoman defter indicates that Fshaj was inhabited by an Albanian population, the names of the inhabitants were Albanian.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "ASK Data - Regjistrimi popullsisë". Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës (ASK). 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Defteri i regjistrimit te Sanxhakut te Shkodres i vitit 1485 p. 41-42
  3. ^ Defteri i regjistrimit te Sanxhakut te Shkodres i vitit 1485 p. 286
  4. ^ Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves Gjate Shekujve p. 206-207