Dobrosin

Dobrosin (Serbian Cyrillic: Добросин, Albanian: Dobrosin) is a village located in the municipality of Bujanovac, southern Serbia.

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Village
Dobrosin
Coordinates: 42°26′58″N 21°38′10″E
Country	Serbia
District	Pčinja District
Municipality	Bujanovac
Area [1]
• Total	8.57 km2 (3.31 sq mi)
Elevation	677 m (2,221 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	747
• Density	87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The village is located on the administrative border with Kosovo, some 16 kilometres from Bujanovac.^[2]

History

After the Kosovo War (1998–99), a demilitarized zone was established between Kosovo (governed by United Nations) and inner Serbia and Montenegro, which included Dobrosin. The Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac, an ethnic Albanian terrorist organization, was formed in the village in early January 2000.^[2] It sought the unification of Albanian-inhabited Preševo Valley with Kosovo, leading an insurgency between 12 June 1999–1 June 2001.

In 2012, three attacks were made on the Serbian border police station at Dobrosin.^[2]

Demographics

The village is inhabited by a majority of ethnic Albanians. In 1991 census, the settlement had a population of 1,029 people. In 2002 census, the settlement had a population of 747 people.^[3] Of these, 719 (96,25 %) were ethnic Albanians, and 27 (3,61 %) others.^[3]

References

1. "Насеља општине Бујановац" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
2. "Хапшење због напада у Добросину".
3. Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9