Zubin Potok Municipality

City & municipality guide

Zubin Potok

Zubin Potok is a northern Kosovo municipality closely connected with the Ujman/Gazivoda reservoir and the surrounding hills.

Local context

The reservoir landscape is the clearest reason for travellers to use this page.

Use it as part of a wider route

Use the Ujman/Gazivoda Lake page for the water landscape and Mitrovica for urban orientation. This is best treated as local orientation rather than a promise of a full-service visitor destination.

Plan directly

For individual heritage sites, businesses and outdoor locations, check current access and arrangements before travelling. The mapped City and Place pages provide the most useful starting point for building a sensible route.

History

A brief history of Zubin Potok

Zubin Potok is defined by the upper Ibar landscape: river valleys, wooded slopes and villages spread across a north-western part of Kosovo. The municipal record describes a territory of numerous rural settlements and notes its connection to the Ibar basin. Older local sites and place names, together with medieval and Ottoman written references for individual settlements, provide the historical evidence that can safely be presented for the area.

Administrative boundaries have changed over time, including the later restoration of Zubin Potok as a municipality. Its river landscape, village network and documentary traces remain central to the locality’s identity. Zubin Potok’s history is the story of settlements adapting to the terrain and communications of the upper Ibar across changing political and administrative settings.

Source: Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Vol. 8, Zubin Potok municipality.

Local reference

Municipality of Zubin Potok

Useful local details for planning a visit.

Area
330km2
Region / location
North-West part of Kosovo
Surrounding areas
Mitrovica, Leposaviq, Zvecan, Skenderaj and Serbia.
Villages (62)
  • Babiqi
  • Babudovica
  • Baja e Ibrit
  • Veli Brijegu
  • Berjaku
  • Bube
  • Banjoviqa
  • Burllati
  • Crepula
  • Çabra
  • Çeçeva
  • Çeshanoviqi
  • Çitlluku
  • Dobroshevina
  • Dragalica
  • Drajnoviqi
  • Drena
  • Gazivoda
  • Jabuka
  • Jagnjenica
  • Jasenoviku i Epërm
  • Jasenoviku i Poshtëm
  • Junaka
  • Kalludra e Madhe
  • Kalludra e Vogël
  • Kijavci
  • Kleçka
  • Kobillogllava
  • Kopiloviqi
  • Kovaça
  • Kozareva
  • Kërligata
  • Lledeniku
  • Lluqkareka
  • Megjipotoku
  • Okllaci
  • Padina
  • Paruku
  • Prelezi
  • Preseka
  • Prevlaku
  • Pridvorica
  • Rançiqi
  • Rezalla
  • Rujishta
  • Sternaci i Epërm
  • Shipova
  • Shtu-oci
  • Tushiqa
  • Uglari
  • Varraga e Epërme
  • Varraga e Poshtme
  • Vërba
  • Vitakova
  • Vojmislliqi
  • Vukojeviqi
  • Vukosavleviqi
  • Zagragja
  • Zeqeviqi
  • Zaguli
  • Zupçi
  • Zhareva.
Historic locality map for Zubin Potok
Local map of Zubin Potok