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'Zvečan' (Serbian: Звечан or ''Zvečan'' ;
Albanian: ''Zveçan'' or ''Zveçani'') is a town and municipality in the Mitrovica District of northern Kosovo, a Serbian province under UN administration. According to 2006 estimates, the municipality of Zvečan had a population of 16,600 people.

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History

Demographics

Culture

See also

References

External links

History

The town of Zvečan is located near Kosovska Mitrovica. It was mentioned for the first time in connection with the border clashes between the Serbs and Byzantines between 1091 and 1094. There is also an inscription that Stephen Nemanja, after the victory over the Byzantines in 1170, ordered that a prayer for the successful outcome of the battle be held in the church of St. George at Zvečan.
On the highest spot, i.e. the Upper Town, there are remains of the church of St. George, cistern and the main octagonal tower. The ramparts of this part of the fort are reinforced by massive towers. The main entrance to the town was on the western side.

Demographics

In November 2005, it was estimated that the municipality was 95% Kosovo Serb, with only 4 Kosovo Albanian families in the area.
About 4,000 Kosovo Serbs are located in the municipality as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as well as 250 Croatian refugees.

'Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs'
Year/Population	Albanians	%	Serbs	%	Others	%	IDP	%	Total
1991	1,934	19.3	7,591	75.7	554	5	0	0	10,030
January 1999	2,261	24.5	6,825	73.9	146	1.6	0	0	9,229
Current figure	350	2.1	12,050	72.6	250	1.5	4,200	25.3	16,600
Ref: OSCE - [1]'

Culture

In Zvečan is situated the Faculty of Arts of Priština, part of the University of Priština at Kosovska Mitrovica.
In Zvečan is held ''North City Jazz & Blues festival'', an international annual music festival^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}, as well as international annual art colony ''Sokolica''^[8] and international rock festival Overdrive^[9].

See also

★ Mitrovica District

References

1. http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:Gn7JFlWG0T0J:www.vreme.com/cms/view.php%3Fid%3D497839+Dzez+festival+zvecan&hl=sr&ct=clnk&cd=5 ''Vreme'' No. 853
2. http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:fr9liYOzyhwJ:kosmitrovica.blog.co.yu/blog/kosmitrovica/generalna/2007/08/06/grad-koji-brani-srbiju+Dzez+festival+zvecan&hl=sr&ct=clnk&cd=15 ''Kosovska Mitrovica Live''
3. http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:8PrqOWAX_DAJ:arhiva.glas-javnosti.co.yu/arhiva/2005/06/13/srpski/K05061202.shtml+Dzez+festival+zvecan&hl=sr&ct=clnk&cd=16 ''Glas javnosti'', June13, 2005
4. http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:32cFTFHYmmQJ:www.asmedi.org/Newsletter/Maj%2520Nr55.html+Dzez+festival+zvecan&hl=sr&ct=clnk&cd=19 ''Asocijacija medija'' , May 2007
5. http://www.telekom.nadlanu.com/OPSTE/Promo.aspx?ac=snews&ui=7633 ''Telekom'', May 16, 2007
6. http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:Hq6i4zd0aqUJ:www.tridentmediagroup.net/site/press.asp+Dzez+festival+zvecan&hl=sr&ct=clnk&cd=23 ''Trident''
7. http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:fGtSadSGnywJ:arhiva.glas-javnosti.co.yu/arhiva/2003/06/05/srpski/K03060404.shtml+Dzez+festival+zvecan&hl=sr&ct=clnk&cd=8 ''Glas javnosti'', June 5, 2003
8. http://vesti.krstarica.com/?rubrika=aktuelno&lang=0&sifra=162a9a6dfa5752fab5db7eaaeabeac22 ''Krstarica'', August 22, 2007
9. http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:qDfmpdu91CYJ:www.blic.co.yu/stara_arhiva/arhiva/2006-10-09/strane/zabava.htm+Dzez+festival+zvecan&hl=sr&ct=clnk&cd=26 ''Blic'', October 9, 2006

External links

★ Profile of Zvečan/Zveçan

★ SOK Kosovo and its population

★ The Faculty of Arts of Priština

★ North City Jazz & Blues Festival