Caparc
village
Caparc is located in Kosovo
Caparc
Caparc
Coordinates: 42°17′10″N 20°46′08″E / 42.286°N 20.769°E / 42.286; 20.769
Location Kosovo
DistrictPrizren
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total848
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Caparc is a village in the district of Prizren, Kosovo.

History

Caparc is mentioned in the 1348 Stefan Dusan chrysobull together with eight other Catholic Albanian villages in the area.[2][3] The village Caparc was also mentioned in the Ottoman defter of 1591 as 'Caparca' and the village was recorded then with 12 households.[4]

References

  1. 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. Malcolm, Noel (1999). Kosovo : a short history. New York: HarperPerennial. ISBN 0-06-097775-2. OCLC 41603542. And Dusan's chrysobull of 1348 for the Monastery of the Holy Archangels in Prizren mentions a total of nine Albanian katuns
  3. Popullsia Shqiptare E Kosoves Gjate Shekujve - Selami Pulaha, p. 16
  4. Selami Pulaha Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves Gjate Shekujve p. 248


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