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'Novo Brdo' (Serbian: Ново Брдо, ''Novo Brdo''; Albanian: ''Novobërda'' or ''Novobërdë'' ) is a town and municipality in eastern Kosovo, a Serbian province under UN administration.
According to 1991 census, the municipality of Novo Brdo had a population of 4,611 people. The name of the town means "New Hill".
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| History |
| Demographics |
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History
Novo Brdo was a famous mining city in medieval times. The site was predominantly used for mining silver.
Novo Brdo (in Latin documents written as ''Novaberd'', ''Novus Mons'' or ''Novamonte''; and in the Sasi's own documents as ''Nyeuberghe'') was mentioned in the historical documents as early as 1326. It was once Serbia's capital city, and one of the bigger cities in Europe.
Novo Brdo was a metropolis at the time, with a huge Serbian medievial fortress built on the top of an extinct volcano cone (the remains of which can be visited today), and residential sections sprawling all around. The population was estimated to exceed 10,000 during that time. There were mines and smelting furnaces for iron, lead, gold and silver ores. Novo Brdo silver is known by its argentum glame (an alloy of silver with 1/6-1/3 gold). In 1450 the mines of Novo Brdo were producing about 6,000 kg of silver per year.
The Ottomans occupied the town on June 1, 1455. This event is described by Konstantin Mihailović from Ostrovica, near Novo Brdo.
Demographics
In 1991, the population of the municipality was composed of:
★ Serbs and Montenegrins (''58.12%'')
★ Albanians (40.01%)
| 'Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs' | |||||||||||||
| Year/Population | Albanians | % | Serbs | % | Other | % | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5,802 | 67.8 | 2,676 | 31.3 | 75 | 0.9 | 8,553 | ||||||
| 1998 | 2,158 | 43.9 | 2,680 | 54.4 | 86 | 1.7 | 4,924 | ||||||
| Aug 2003 | 2,300 | 61.3 | 1,400 | 37.3 | 51 | 0.1 | 3,751 | ||||||
| Source: 1991 census figure from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Institute of Statistics; 1998 and current figures from the Kosovo Village List, GIS Unit, UNHCR Field Office Priština, UNMIK Gnjilane, August 2003 (uu-official) It is noted that the 1991 census was highly politicised and is thus unreliable. Ref.:OSCE [1] ' | |||||||||||||
See also
★ District of Priština
References
External links
★ OSCE municipal profile of Novobërdë / Novo Brdo
★ SOK Kosovo and its population
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