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Kuqishtë

Kuqishtë is a small village located in the municipality of , . Kuqishtë is located near the Montenegro border, at the edge of the Rugova Canyon in the .
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Kosovo
  • Also known as: “Kuçishtë”, “Kuçishti”, “Kućište”, and “Kuqishte”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Leqinat and Lake Drelaj.

Lake
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or Lake Lićenat is a mountain lake found on the Mount in the in western . This lake is well known throughout Kosovo and is visited by people going to the Rugova Canyon or by people climbing nearby peaks such as Leqinat 2,341 m and at 2,522 m. is situated 3 km south of Kuqishtë.

Lake
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Little Lake Liqenat or is a small lake found on Mount that reaches an elevation of 2,341 m in the range in western , near the border with . is situated 3½ km southeast of Kuqishtë.

Peak
Photo: Bruno Rijsman, CC BY 2.0.
is a peak, which is situated 3½ km south of Kuqishtë.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drelaj and Boge.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Kuqishtë.

Village
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Bogë is a small mountainous village and also a holiday resort village in western . Bogë is located in the Bjeshkët e Nemuna mountain range on an altitude of about 1,300–1,400 metres. is situated 6 km north of Kuqishtë.

Photo: Arball1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The are in the north-western part of . It is a region within Bjeshkët e Nemuna, also known as the Albanian Alps or the Accursed Mountains.

Kuqishtë

Latitude
42.69446° or 42° 41′ 40″ north
Longitude
20.07671° or 20° 4′ 36″ east
Elevation
1,282 metres (4,206 feet)
Open location code
8GJ2M3VG+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3719759499
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
788931
Wiki­data ID
Q6449358
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Uzbek—“Kuqishtë” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kuçishti”
  • Bulgarian: “Кучище”
  • French: “Kućište”
  • German: “Kuqishta”
  • Italian: “Kućište”
  • Serbian: “Breg Kućište”
  • Serbian: “Брег Кућиште”
  • Serbian: “Кућиште”
  • Turkish: “Kuçishti”
  • Uzbek: “Kuqishtë”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kuqishtë”. Photo: Venera02, CC BY-SA 4.0.