The '''Prizren Podgor''' ({{langx|sr|{{lang|sr-Cyrl|Призренски Подгор}} / {{lang|sr-Latn|Prizrenski Podgor}}|lit=Podgor of Prizren}}; or '''Prizren Podgur''', {{langx|sq|Podguri i Prizrenit|lit=Podgur of Prizren}}) is a geographical region in Kosovo, stretching from the branches of the Šar Mountains, from Prizren to the village of Duhël on the Carralevë mountain. It includes the eastern and northeastern part of the Prizren basin (''Prizrenska kotlina'') and presents its border region towards the Šar ''župe'' of Sirinićka župa and Sredačka župa. It is a sub-region of Metohija. It includes the villages of Skorobišta, Dojnicë, Grnčare, Novoselë, Vrbičane, and the urban settlements of Kurillë and Bazhdërhane, and suburb Lubizhdë, of Prizren. It is inhabited by Bosniaks and Albanians and Serbs.
==Geography== The region is stretching from the branches of the Šar Mountains, from Prizren to the village of Duhël on the Carralevë mountain.<ref name="Ćukić1971">{{cite book|author=Dr. Dragan Ćukić|title=Kosovo: Znamenitosti i lepote|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq0YAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA9|year=1971|publisher=Uros Maksimovic|pages=9, 135, 136}}</ref> It includes the eastern and northeastern part of the Prizren basin (''Prizrenska kotlina'') and presents its border region towards the Šar ''župe'' of Sirinićka župa and Sredačka župa.{{sfn|Menković|2004|p=196}} It is a sub-region of Metohija.<ref name="Ćukić1971"/>
It includes the villages of Skorobišta, Dojnicë, Grnčare, Novo Selo, Vrbičane, and the urban settlements of Kurillë and Bazhdërhane, and suburb Lubizhdë, of Prizren.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bajrami|first=Baškim|title=Prizrenski Podgor - neotrgnuta cjelina Prizrena|date=28 April 2015|publisher=info-ks.net|url=http://www.info-ks.net/clanak/54527/prizrenski-podgor-neotrgnuta-cjelina-prizrena}}</ref>{{better source|date=January 2016}}
==History== In the Middle Ages, it was a ''župa'' (county) named Podgor.{{sfn|Radovanović}} The Ottomans called the region ''Havazi''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Godišnjica Nikole Čupića|volume=30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JGk6AQAAIAAJ|year=1911|publisher=Štampa Državne štamparije Kraljevine Jugoslavije|page=222}}</ref>
==Culture== It is culturally connected to the Serb-inhabited Sirinićka župa.{{sfn|Menković|2004|p=199}} The locals speak the Podgor speech (''Podgorski govor'') of the Serbian language; the speech of Skorobište, Grnčare and Novo Selo show Serbian–Macedonian linguistical contact.<ref>{{cite book|title=Zbornik Matice srpske za filologiju i lingvistiku|volume=46–47|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSEpAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Matica|page=446}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==Sources== *{{cite book|last=Dedijer|first=Jevto|year=1912|title=Stara Srbija: geografska i etnografska slika|publisher=Srpska književna zadruga}} *{{cite book|last=Marković|first=Jovan Đ.|title=Geografske oblasti Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QlwMAQAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika Socijalističke Republike Srbije}} *{{cite book|last=Menković|first=Mirjana |title=Kosovo i Metohija u svetlu etnologije: zbornik radova|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jYsMAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Етнографски музеј у Београду}} *{{cite book|last=Radovanović|first=Milovan|title=Kosovo i Metohija: antropogeografske, istorijskogeografske, demografske i geopolitičke osnove|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hjc7AQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Službeni Glasnik|isbn=9788675497806}} *{{cite book|last=Radovanović|first=Milovan|title=Etnički i demografski procesi na Kosovu i Metohiji|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AKotAQAAIAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Liber Press|isbn=9788675560180}} *{{cite book|last=Radovanović|first=Milovan|title=Stanovništvo Prizrenskog Podgora|publisher=Muzej Kosova i Metohije}}
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Category:Geographical regions of Kosovo Category:Subdivisions of Serbia in the Middle Ages