MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 PEJË/PEĆ REGION
KLINË/KLINA MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 KLINË/KLINA The OSCE regional centre Pejë/Peć covers six (6) municipalities, including Klinë/Klina, and has teams working in all of them.
AREA AND POPULATION 308 km² area The municipality of Klinë/Klina is located in western Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 308 km² and includes 53 villages Klinë/Klina town and 53 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 38,496. 38,496 population
Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 45,594 Kosovo Albanians, 6,829 Kosovo Serbs and 973 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 37,216 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Egyptians 934 conducted in 1991*, there were 43,248 Kosovo Albanians, 5,209 3.Kosovo Serbs 98 Kosovo Serbs and 621 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. 4.Kosovo Ashkali 85 5.Kosovo Roma 78 According to the UNHCR statistics, 1,296 displaced persons 6.Kosovo Bosniaks 20 have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 974 7.Kosovo Turks 3 Kosovo Serbs, 46 Kosovo Roma, 265 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo 8.Other 23 Egyptians, five (5) Kosovo Bosniaks, one (1) Kosovo Croat and 9.Not specified 39 five (5) Kosovo Montenegrins.
(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 Klinë/Klina municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 47,4081, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 39.77% or 18,852 voters and in 2nd round it was 34.96% or 16,572 voters (source: Central Election Commission).
The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:
34.96% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 10 seats 19.79% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 6 seats 18.43% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 5 seats 7.78% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 2 seats 4.61% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat 4.44% IQ Initiative for Progress of Klina 1 seat 2.52% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 1 seat 2.49% PSHDK – Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo 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. KLINË/KLINA
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES
The municipal assembly has 27 seats distributed among eight Infrastructure (8) political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; eight (8) are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Fadil Gashi The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is (LDK) (source: municipal assembly chairperson). assessed as good. All the main roads that connect villages with the urban centre are asphalted, and the town centre is paved with cobblestones. There are ongoing works to improve water supply EXECUTIVE and electrical systems in the municipality (source: municipal directorate of urbanism and environment protection).
Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political affiliations. Health The municipality is headed by Mayor Zenun Elezaj (AAK), elected for his first term as mayor with 51.6% of votes in the second Klinë/Klina has one (1) municipal family health centre and three round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the previous term, the (3) family health clinics. The health sector has 136 employees, mayor was Sokol Bashota (PDK), who was elected in the second including doctors, nurses and support staff; 60 men and 76 round of the 2013 municipal elections with 75.12% of the votes. women. Deputy Mayor is Besim Hoti (LDK). There are ten (10) municipal departments. One (1) department is There is one (1) Serbia-run healthcare facility (i.e. one (1) room run by a woman director: cadaster, geodesy and property (AAK), rented nearby the satellite school in the village of Videjë/Vidanje, nine (9) departments are run by men directors: administration attended by one (1) medical nurse). The facility operates as a (AAK); health and social welfare (AAK); finances, economy and branch of the main Serbia-run healthcare facility in development (LDK); urbanism and environment protection (AAK); Osojane/Osojan village, Istog/Istok municipality. agriculture and rural development (NISMA); public services (Vetëvendosje!); inspectorate (LDK); culture, youth and sports All communities have access to healthcare facilities (source: (Vetëvendosje!); and education (LDK). In the previous mandate municipal directorate of health and social welfare). (2013-2017), one (1) director was a woman (source: municipal director of administration). Education JUDICIARY There are 17 primary schools with 6,605 pupils and 435 teachers, two (2) secondary schools with 1,865 students and 108 The Pejë/Peć Basic Court has a branch in Klinë/Klina with six (6) teachers and two (2) kindergartens with 142 children and four (4) judges, five (5) are Kosovo Albanian and one (1) is Kosovo Serb; staff members. There is a small Serbian-curriculum school in two (2) are women. Videjë/Vidanje village attended by seven (7) Kosovo Serb The Pejë/Peć Basic Prosecutor's Office covers the municipality (returnee) children (source: municipal directorate of education and (source: Pejë/Peć Basic Court and Pejë/Peć Basic Prosecutor's Office). municipal office for communities and return).
SECURITY PRESENCE
Kosovo Police station in Klinë/Klina has 84 police officers, 83 are Kosovo Albanian and one (1) is Kosovo Ashkali; seven (7) are women.
As for the international military presence the KFOR Multinational Battle Group West covers the area (source: Kosovo Police, Liaison Monitoring Team - LMT KFOR).
ECONOMY € The economy of Klinë/Klina municipality is predominantly based on agriculture. There are approximately 1,000 registered private businesses operating in the municipality and 6,000 people working in the private sector (source: municipal business registration centre). KLINË/KLINA
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Klinë/Klina municipality has a total of seven (7) mosques, three (3) were damaged/burned during the 1999 conflict and In Klinë/Klina there are: reconstructed in its aftermath, and four (4) new ones have been built. There are eight (8) Serbian Orthodox churches and • 27 seats in the municipal assembly monasteries, five (5) churches were destroyed in the aftermath of the 1999 conflict, one (1) was reconstructed in 2006. Three (3) distributed among 8 political entities Serbian Orthodox sites are classified as Special Protective Zones (Budisavci Monastery, Dolac Monastery and Hermitage with • 84 police officers Church in Uljarica). There are nine (9) Catholic churches, all functional (source: religious communities' representatives). • 6 judges A total of 23 archaeological sites in Klinë/Klina municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites • 547 teachers in 17 primary and 2 secondary under permanent/temporary protection. schools and 2 kindergartens