Tunel I Parë
Tunel i Parë (in Albanian) or Prvi Tunel (in Serbian: Први Тунел) is a settlement in the municipality of Mitrovica in the District of Mitrovica, Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, it has 1,006 inhabitants.
History
Tuneli i Parë was founded by British people as a mining colony in 1924. It is said that they bought the properties from the local Albanian population for the housing of the miners who were not from Mitrovica, but from other places of Yugoslavia like Dalmatia, Lika or Hercegovina. During the Second World War, a concentration camp was built by the Germans where an estimated number of 130 humans were deported.
Demography
In 2011 census, the village had in total 1,006 inhabitants, from whom 998 (99,20 %) were Albanians, seven Bosniaks (0,70 %) and one other.
| Year | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 680 | 1290 | 1627 | 1528 | 1602 | 1646 | 1006 |
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See also
References
- ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
- ^ "Kosovo".
- ^ Azemi, Avni (2015). Toponimet e Mitrovicës (in Albanian). Prishtinë: Klubi Letrar Internacional "Arif Shala". p. 111. ISBN 978-9951-663-35-9.
- ^ "Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011".
- ^ "Evolution of the population 1948-2011". pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-census-ks.htm. Retrieved 14 September 2014.