Settlement

Gurkuqi (Maçiteva)

Municipality Suhareka

Gurkuqi (Maçiteva) is in the municipality of Suhareka. A historical document from 1465 mentions the settlement. An Ottoman register from 1591 documents the settlement under the form Maçeta with 10 households.

A later register from 1893 documents the settlement under the form Maçotova. For 1998–99, the source documents burning by Serbian forces and burning. The source records migration of residents to Turkey.

Source

Source & further reading

Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 4.

Source entry: GURKUQI (Maçiteva)

This page presents a selected part of a much more extensive published settlement study. For detailed archival references, family histories, local toponyms and the complete settlement record, consult the original volume.

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