MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 PRIZREN REGION
RAHOVEC/ORAHOVAC MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RAHOVEC/ORAHOVAC The OSCE regional centre Prizren covers six (6) municipalities, including Rahovec/Orahovac, and has teams working in all of them.
AREA AND POPULATION 275 km² area The municipality of Rahovec/Orahovac is located in south- western Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 275 km² and 35 villages includes Rahovec/Orahovac town and 35 villages. According to 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total 56,208 population population is 56,208.
Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 56,391Kosovo Albanians, 4,026 Kosovo Serbs and 209 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 55,166 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Ashkali 404 conducted in 1991*, there were 55,033 Kosovo Albanians, 3,795 3.Kosovo Egyptians 299 Kosovo Serbs and 174 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. 4.Kosovo Serbs 134 5.Kosovo Roma 84 According to the UNHCR statistics, 386 displaced persons have 6.Kosovo Bosniaks 10 returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 318 Kosovo 7.Kosovo Turks 2 Serbs, 22 Kosovo Roma and 46 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo 8.Other 11 Egyptians. 9.Not specified 98
(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.
GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Rahovec/Orahovac municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 57,2001, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 41.73% or 23,868 voters and in 2nd round it was 37.05% or 21,195 voters (source: Central Election Commission). The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:
29.15% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 9 seats 23.91% AAK Alliance for the Future of Kosovo 7 seats 22.27% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 7 seats 13.39% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 4 seats 3.10% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat 2.49% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 1 seat 2.03% IQDU Citizen Initiative for Unity and Justice 1 seat 1.76% SL Serbian List 1 seat
1. The overall population figure presented above is taken from the 2011 census (or authoritative estimates where the census figure is not available), whereas the voters list is a reflection of all people with a civil registration entry in the municipality. In some cases, the voters list figure is higher than or similar to the overall population number due to insufficient updating of the civil registry or a significant proportion of people registered in the municipality but actually living elsewhere or abroad. RAHOVEC/ORAHOVAC
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES
The municipal assembly has 31 seats distributed among eight Infrastructure (8) political entities, 30 members are Kosovo Albanian and one (1) is a Kosovo Serb; 11 are women. The Municipal Assembly The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is Chairperson is Mr. Afrim Dina (AAK). assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. Water supply system functions in Rahovec/Orahovac town and in a limited number of villages, but EXECUTIVE the shortages remain persistent especially in the summer. The Kosovo Serb inhabited Upper Rahovec/Orahovac occasionally is Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political particularly affected due to its higher altitude, sometimes stretching for days. Power supply is still a problem occasionally, affiliations. especially in the winter time, but there has been a slight Rahovec/Orahovac municipality is headed by Mayor Smajl Latifi improvement due to the construction of a modern transformer (AAK), elected for his second non-consecutive term as mayor station (source: municipal development plan). with 50.7% of votes in second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the previous term, the mayor was Idriz Vehapi (PDK), who was elected in the second round of the 2013 municipal Health elections with 52.38% of the votes. Deputy Mayor is Fatmir Iska (AAK). There is one (1) primary family health centre, nine (9) family There are 12 municipal departments. One (1) department is run health centres and three (3) health houses, with around 129 by a woman director: general administration (AAK), 11 employees, including doctors, nurses and support staff. There departments are run by men directors: health and social welfare are two (2) Serbia-run healthcare facilities located in Upper (AAK); education (AAK); finance and budget (AAK); economy and Rahovec/Orahovac and in the village of Velika Hoča/Hoçë e development (AAK); urbanism, planning and environment (AAK); Madhe, with 24 medical and support staff. Secondary services geodesy, cadastre and property (NISMA); public services (AAK); are usually sought in Mitrovice/Mitrovica north. agriculture, forestry and rural development (AAK); inspections (AAK); culture, youth and sports (AAK); and protection and rescue All communities have access to health care and all health (AAK). In the previous mandate, one (1) director was a woman facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). (source: municipal website). Education JUDICIARY There are 26 primary schools with 7,345 pupils and 690 teachers, four (4) secondary schools with 2,721 pupils and 120 Gjakovë/Ðakovica Basic Court has a branch in teachers, of which two (2) primary schools with 95 pupils and 56 Rahovec/Orahovac with five (5) judges, all Kosovo Albanian, all employees and one (1) secondary school with 12 pupils and 18 men. Four (4) are sitting judges and one (1) is currently employees, follow Serbian curriculum. There are also six (6) pre- undergoing final training (source: Rahovec/Orahovac court branch). school classes and one (1) kindergarten with 118 children and 29 teachers. Additionally, there is also one (1) regular lower music Gjakovë/Ðakovica Basic Prosecutor's Office covers the school with 134 pupils with ten (10) teachers (source: municipal municipality. directorate of education and school management).
SECURITY PRESENCE
The Kosovo Police station in Rahovec/Orahovac municipality has 58 police officers, 57 Kosovo are Albanian and one (1) is a Kosovo Serb; two (2) are women (source: Kosovo Police).
As for the international military presence, the Austrian KFOR covers the area and has a Liaison and Monitoring Team - LMT operating in the municipality.
ECONOMY € The economy of Rahovec/Orahovac municipality is mainly based on agriculture, particularly viticulture, and production of plastic, heaters, freezers and recycling. There are around 1,120 registered private businesses operating in the municipality. There is no reliable data on the number of people employed in the private sector (source: municipal directorate of urbanism, planning and environment). RAHOVEC/ORAHOVAC
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS There are 26 mosques in Rahovec/Orahovac municipality. Seven (7) mosques were destroyed and four (4) were damaged in the In Rahovec/Orahovac there are: 1999 conflict, all of them reconstructed afterwards. Five (5) new mosques have been built after the conflict. There are 16 Serbian • 31 seats in the municipal assembly Orthodox churches and one (1) Serbian Orthodox monastery. In June 1999, the monastery was destroyed and one (1) church was distributed among 8 political entities damaged, and both reconstructed between 2005 and 2006. The monastery and two (2) churches are currently in use. There are • 58 police officers three (3) tekkes in the municipality (source: Islamic community representative and municipal development plan). • 5 judges A total of 44 cultural heritage sites in Rahovec/Orahovac municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and • 849 teachers in 27 primary and 4 secondary Sport list of sites under temporary protection. schools and 1 kindergarten