Berjah | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kosovo |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Gjakova |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Gjakova |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 154 |
Timezone: | Central European Time |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 42.4214°N 20.2913°W |
Berjah is a village in the district of Gjakova, Kosovo. Berjah is situated nearby to the village Stubëll and the village Brovinë.
Berjah was mentioned as a village in the Ottoman defter of 1485 with 27 homes, 3 of them Muslim.[2] The Ottoman defter of the 15th century indicates that Berjah was inhabited by a mostly Albanian population; the names of the inhabitants were overwhelmingly Albanian mixed with Slavic and Christian elements.