Ponoshec

Ponoshec
Village
Ponoshec is located in Kosovo
Ponoshec
Ponoshec
Coordinates: 42°24′16″N 20°17′04″E / 42.404572494551665°N 20.284345149999996°E / 42.404572494551665; 20.284345149999996
Location Kosovo
DistrictGjakova
MunicipalityGjakova
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total585
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Ponoshec is a village in District of Gjakova, Kosovo. Ponoshec is situated nearby to the villages Stubëll and Berjah.

In the area of Ponoshec, burial mounds from the Bronze Age-Iron Age period have been found.[2]

Background

Ponoshec was mentioned as a village in the Ottoman defters of 1485 as Bonoshuci, the village then had nine homes. The defters indicate that Ponoshec was largely inhabited by an Albanian population, the inhabitants names were mainly Albanian mixed with Christian and Slavic elements: Bardo son of Dabzhiv, Prodan son of Andrija, Gjoni his brother, Bardo his brother, Ivman son of Petri, Nikolla son of Dimitri, Lulo son of Andrija, Petri son of Progon, Petri son of Gjoni, Stepan his son, Dimitri son of Gjoni, Dejan son of Dimitri, Gjorgj son of Gjeci, Nenko son of Ukca, Stepan son of Mico, Gjini son of Gjorgj, Petri son of Gega, E veja Spana.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
  2. ^ "The tumulus necropolis of Ponoshec". Gjakova Portal. 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  3. ^ "179876370 S Pulaha Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves Gjate Shekujve XV XVI". vdocuments.mx (in Albanian). p. 164. Retrieved 2024-01-15.