Kosovo
Gjakova District
Orahovac

Velika Kruša

Velika Kruša is a locality in , . Velika Kruša is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Krushë e Madhe and Krajk.

Village
is a village in the municipality of of western . It was a stronghold of the Kosovo Liberation Army during the Kosovo War. On 26 March 1999, the Yugoslav Army massacred over a hundred unarmed Kosovo Albanian civilians in the village in retaliation for the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

Village
is a village in Prizren, Kosovo. is situated nearby to the hamlet Basarinë and the village Pirane. It was mentioned as a village in the Ottoman defter of 1571 and was inhabited by an Albanian population. is situated 4½ km southeast of Velika Kruša.

Village
is a village in the municipality of . It has 2,361 inhabitants as of 2024. The area of is the site of a multi-layered settlement of the pre-Roman Iron Age, the Roman era, and the medieval era. is situated 4½ km southwest of Velika Kruša.

Velika Kruša

Latitude
42.31806° or 42° 19′ 5″ north
Longitude
20.63611° or 20° 38′ 10″ east
Elevation
312 metres (1,024 feet)
Open location code
8GJ28J9P+6C
Geo­Names ID
784643
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Serbian—“Velika Kruša” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Krusha e Madhe”
  • Albanian: “Krushë e Madhe”
  • Albanian: “Krushë”
  • Serbian: “Kruša-Vogele”
  • Serbian: “Velika Kruša”
  • Serbian: “Велика Круша”

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