Istok
Исток
Istog
Burimi

Coat of Arms
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Location in Kosovo
General Information
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Population (1991)	57,261 (municipality)
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Time zone	UTC+1
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Istok (Albanian: Istog/Burimi; Serbian: Istok/Исток) is the name of a town, which is the seat of its municipality, situated in western part of Kosovo, (under UN administration, formally part of Serbia). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (665x774, 29 KB) Istog map, Kosova 2006 File links The following pages link to this file: Istok ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... For other uses of the name Kosovo, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ... Motto: none Anthem: Bože pravde (English: God of Justice) Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Official language(s) Serbian1 Government Republic  - President Boris Tadić  - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Formation and independence    - Formation of Serbia 814   - Formation of the Serbian Empire 1345   - Independence from the Ottoman Empire July 13, 1878...

Name

The name of the town comes from the archaic version of Serbian word istok (modern version istek), meaning well, water source referring to the springs of the river Istočka reka, a tributary to the White Drin river. The name of the nearby village of Vrela, one of the largest settlements in the municipality also means springs. The Beli Drim (Albanian: Drini i Bardhë; Serbian Cyrillic: Бели Дрим) is a river in southern Serbia and northern Albania, a 175 km-long headstream of the Drin. ...

Economy

After WWII, watermills on the river of Istog/Istok were nationalized and new fish plant was built to operate as a Socially-owned Enterprise. The company's name during socialism was "Ribnjak" (in Serbian) meaning "Piscatory or Fishery", and when it was privatized as Motel "Trofta" (in Albanian) meaning "Trout", or the type of fish it has been and is still producing, selling, and distributing. The company currently employs around 70 workers. German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou subsp) Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. ...

Demographics

According to the 1991 census, the population of the municipality numbered 57,261, including 76.68% Albanians, 12.70% Serbs and Montenegrins, 7.11% Muslims by nationality, etc.

Although there is no official data, the total population of the municipality is estimated at 65,000.

Some notable features

Istog/Istok is the home to the strongest wind in the Western Balkans flowing from North to South; Compass rose with north highlighted and at top North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the primary direction: north is used (explicitly or implicitly) to define all other directions; the (visual) top edges of maps usually correspond to the... A compass rose with South highlighted South is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. ...

One of the largest prison in Europe is located 4-5km to the east of Istog/Istok (Dubrava Prison);

Former Presdient of Kosovo, Dr. Ibrahim Rugova, was born in Istog/Istok (in the village of Cerrcë); Ibrahim Rugova (December 2, 1944 – January 21, 2006) was the first President of Kosovo and of its leading political party, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). ...

The father of the famous Turkish-Albanian poet Mehmet Akif Ersoy was born in Istog/Istok (in the village of Shushica); Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873 - 1936) was a Turkish poet. ...

Agnesa Vuthaj, who was crowned Miss Kosova 2003, Miss Albania 2004, and represented Albania in Miss World 2005 hosted in the city of Sanya in China, was born in Istog/Istok on 8 February 1986. The Miss World pageant is an international beauty pageant founded in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. ... Location of Sanya. ...

See also

• Peć District

Peć District within Kosovo and Metohija The Peć District, also called Dukagjin or Regjioni i Pejës in Albanian, occupies the west part of Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro. ...

External links

• Komuna Istog, official site of the municipality of Istog/Istok]
• [1], news from and about Istog/Istok, entertainment
• OSCE:Profile of Istog / Istok
• SOK Kosovo and its population