| Zubin Potok | |
| Native Name: | Зубин Поток / |
| Settlement Type: | Town and municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Kosovo#Europe |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Kosovo |
| Subdivision Type1: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | District of Mitrovica |
| Subdivision Type2: | Settlements |
| Subdivision Name2: | 64 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Izmir Zeqiri |
| Leader Party: | PDK |
| Area Total Km2: | 335 |
| Area Land Km2: | 333 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Note: | est. |
| Population Total: | 15200 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 42.9167°N 61°W |
| Elevation M: | 567 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 40650 |
| Area Code: | +383(0)28 |
| Area Rank: | 16th in Kosovo |
| Registration Plate Type: | Vehicle registration |
| Registration Plate: | 02 |
Zubin Potok (Albanian: Zubin Potoku; Serbian: Зубин Поток) is a town and municipality located in the Mitrovica District in Kosovo. As of 2015, it has an estimated population of 15,200 inhabitants. It covers an area of 3350NaN0, and consists of the main town and 63 villages.
Zubin Potok is a part of North Kosovo, a region with an ethnic Serb majority that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of ethnic Albanian-majority Kosovo. After the 2013 Brussels Agreement, the municipality became part of the Community of Serb Municipalities.
Aside from the town of Zubin Potok, these villages comprise the municipality of Zubin Potok:
According to the 2011 estimations by the Government of Kosovo, Zubin Potok has 1,698 households and 6,616 inhabitants.[1] In 2015 report by OSCE, the population of Zubin Potok municipality stands at 15,200 inhabitants.[2]
The majority of Zubin Potok municipality is composed of Kosovo Serbs with more than 13,900 inhabitants (91.5%), while 1,300 (8.5%) Kosovo Albanians live in the municipality.[2] Most of Zubin Potok's Kosovo Albanians live in the village of Çabër (Čabra).
The ethnic composition of the municipality of Zubin Potok, including IDPs:[3] [2]
| Ethnic group | 1991 est. | 1999 est. | 2015 est. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serbs | 7,750 | 11,000 | 13,900 | ||
| Albanians | 850 | 850 | 1,300 | ||
| Others | 100 | align="right" | - | align="right" | - |
| Total | 8,700 | 12,000 | 15,200 |
Zubin Potok is an agricultural community, yet the level of agricultural production has been in decrease due to the lack of investment. Local factories have been also strongly affected by the lack of consumers in the Albanian parts of Kosovo.
Zubin Potok is twinned with:
Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 2021[4]