# Prizrenski Podgor

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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](/source/Kosovo), stretching from the branches of the [Šar Mountains](/source/%C5%A0ar_Mountains), from [Prizren](/source/Prizren) to the village of [Duhël](/source/Duh%C3%ABl) on the [Carralevë](/source/Carraleva) mountain. It includes the eastern and northeastern part of the Prizren basin (''Prizrenska kotlina'') and presents its border region towards the Šar ''[župe](/source/%C5%BEupe)'' of [Sirinićka župa](/source/Sirini%C4%87ka_%C5%BEupa) and [Sredačka župa](/source/Sreda%C4%8Dka_%C5%BEupa). It is a sub-region of [Metohija](/source/Metohija).  It includes the villages of [Skorobišta](/source/Skorobi%C5%A1ta), [Dojnicë](/source/Dojnice), [Grnčare](/source/Grn%C4%8Dare), [Novoselë](/source/Novosel%C3%AB), [Vrbičane](/source/Vrbi%C4%8Dane), and the urban settlements of Kurillë and Bazhdërhane, and suburb [Lubizhdë](/source/Lubizhd%C3%AB), of Prizren. It is inhabited by [Bosniaks](/source/Bosniaks) and [Albanians](/source/Kosovo_Albanians) and [Serbs](/source/Kosovo_Serbs).

==Geography==
The region is stretching from the branches of the [Šar Mountains](/source/%C5%A0ar_Mountains), from [Prizren](/source/Prizren) to the village of [Duhël](/source/Duh%C3%ABl) on the [Carralevë](/source/Carraleva) 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](/source/%C5%BEupe)'' of [Sirinićka župa](/source/Sirini%C4%87ka_%C5%BEupa) and [Sredačka župa](/source/Sreda%C4%8Dka_%C5%BEupa).{{sfn|Menković|2004|p=196}} It is a sub-region of [Metohija](/source/Metohija).<ref name="Ćukić1971"/>

It includes the villages of [Skorobišta](/source/Skorobi%C5%A1ta), [Dojnicë](/source/Dojnice), [Grnčare](/source/Grn%C4%8Dare), [Novo Selo](/source/Novo_Selo%2C_Prizren), [Vrbičane](/source/Vrbi%C4%8Dane), and the urban settlements of Kurillë and Bazhdërhane, and suburb [Lubizhdë](/source/Lubizhd%C3%AB), 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](/source/%C5%BEupa)'' (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](/source/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==
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==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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