Brekoc | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kosovo |
Coordinates: | 42.3581°N 20.4056°W |
Subdivision Type: | Location |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Gjakova |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Gjakova |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2948 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central European Time |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Brekoc is one of the largest villages in the District of Gjakova, Kosovo. It is located southwest of Gjakova.
The Ottoman defters indicate that the village Brekoc was inhabited by an Albanian population during the 15th century, the names of the inhabitants were mainly Albanian with some Slavic and Christian: Gjorgj, son of Gjin, Gega, son of Gjon, Gjin son of Bora, Branko his son, Stepan son of Gjon, Llazar son of Dimitri, Nenko, son of Ukca, Llazar son of Petr, Dimitri son of Gjon, Gjon son of Petr, Gjon son of Mihail, Dejan Siromah[2]