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Hoçë e Madhe (Serbian Cyrillic: Велика Хоча) is a village in the municipality of Rahovec, in Kosovo. The village has 124 inhabitants, of whom 75 are ethnic Albanians and 49 are Serbs according to the 2011 census.[1]
Hoçë e Madhe
Velika Hoča | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 St Jovan Monastery (overview) | |
  Hoçë e Madhe Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°23′03″N 20°40′36″E / 42.3842°N 20.6767°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Gjakova |
| Municipality | Rahovec |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 124 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Hoçë e Madhe is situated in the historical region of Metohija (Dukagjin) and is one of the oldest settlements. It was given as metochion by Stefan Nemanja to Hilandar in 1198–99 (Charter of Hilandar).[2]
The main economic activity of Hoçë e Madhe is viticulture.
References
edit- ^ a b 2011 Kosovo Census results
- ^ Branislav Krstić (2002). Spasavanje kulturne baštine Srbije i Evrope na Kosovu i Metohiji. Koordinacioni centar Savezne vlade i Vlade Republike Srbije za Kosovo i Metohiju. ISBN 9788675560166.
Велика Хоча је једно од најстаријих насеља у Метохији. Помиње се у даровном писму које је Стефан Немања (1198-1199) дао манастиру Хиландару.
Further reading
edit- Zarković Božidar V. (2013). "Velika Hoča i začeci crkvenog poseda u Metohiji". Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Prištini. 43 (2): 131–48.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Velika Hoča.
- "Velika Hoča (Unofficial site)".
- Blago Fund's Photo Collections of Serbian Medieval Churches in Velika Hoča
- "Velika Hoča" (in Serbian). Yuheritage.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-20. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- Филм о Великој Хочи у продукцији Министарства за дијаспору Републике Србије. YouTube (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
- "film o Velikoj Hoči". YouTube (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
- "Velika Hoča 1991. godine". YouTube (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
- "This is the day". YouTube.