Shishman | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kosovo |
Coordinates: | 42.3799°N 20.3198°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: | 503 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central European Time |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Shishman is a village in the District of Gjakova, in Kosovo. Shishman is situated nearby to the villages Duzhnjë and Smolicë.
The village was mentioned in the Ottoman defter of 1485 with 20 households.[2] The Ottoman defters indicate that the village was inhabited by an Albanian population during the 15th century; the name of the inhabitants were mainly Albanian with Slavic and Christian anthroponomy.
According to a 23 May 1999 Kosovapress report, Serbian troops killed five Kosovar civilians in the village on 26 April 1999.[3]