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Gllogoc/Glogovac
1. Area and Population
The municipality of Gllogoc/Glogovac is located in
central Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately
290 km² and includes Gllogoc/Glogovac town and 37
villages. The total population is approximately 60,000
(58,531 according to the Kosovo Population and Housing
Census 2011)
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The OSCE regional centre Mitrovicë/Mitrovica covers
nine (9) municipalities including Gllogoc/Glogovac and
has field teams working in all of them.
Ethnic composition
1. Kosovo Albanians: 58,445
2. Kosovo Bosniaks: 14
3. Kosovo Turks: 5
4. Kosovo Egyptians: 2
5. Kosovo Serbs: 2
6. Other: 22
7. Not specified: 41
(Source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics)
Prior to the conflict, a small number of Kosovo Serbs
lived in the municipality. They are since displaced. There
is no available data on their whereabouts.
2. Governing Structures and Political Overview
The total number of voters in Gllogoc/Glogovac
municipality registered for the last municipal elections
held in November 2013 was 50,079 including outof-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 48.3
per cent/24,171 voters (source: Central Election
Commission).
a. Legislative
The Municipal Assembly has 31 seats distributed
amongst eight (8) political entities; all 31 members
are Kosovo Albanians while eight (8) are female. The
municipal assembly chairperson is Naim Bazaj (PDK).
b. Executive
Structure of municipal executive and the executive’s
political affiliations
The municipality is headed by the mayor, Nexhat
Demaku (PDK), and the deputy mayor, Arsim Haxhiu
(PDK). It has ten (10) directorates and directors: general
administration (PDK); health and social welfare (PDK);
education (PDK); culture, youth and sport (PDK); budget
and finance (PDK); cadastre, geodesy and property
(PDK); public services and emergency (PDK); municipal
inspection (PDK); urban planning and environmental
protection (PDK); and agriculture and economic
development (PDK). With the exception of the director
of public services, all other municipal directors are male.
(source: municipal website)
3. Judiciary
The Prishtinë/Priština basic court has a branch in
Gllogoc/Glogovac with six (6) judges, all Kosovo
Albanian male (source: Kosovo Judicial Council).
The election results were as follows:
PDK - Democratic Party of Kosovo
64.07% 20 seats
Civic Initiative for Drenas
15.30% 5 seats
LDK – Democratic League of Kosovo
4.78% 1 seat
LVV - Vetëvendosje (Self-Determination) Movement
4.26% 1 seat
AAK-LDD - Alliance for Future of Kosovo-LDD
3.96% 1 seat
AKR – Alliance New Kosovo
2.26% 1 seat
Independent Candidate - Fatmir Dugolli
2.14% 1 seat
PD - Justice Party
1.75% 1 seat
Additional information
Prishtinë/Priština basic prosecutor’s office covers the
municipality.
4. Security Presence
The Kosovo Police station in Gllogoc/Glogovac
municipality has 82 police officers; all of them are
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Kosovo Albanian, 11 are female.
As for the international military presence, Finnish KFOR
covers the area.
5. Economy
The economy of the municipality of Gllogoc/Glogovac is
mainly based on agriculture and small businesses.
There are some 1,921 registered private businesses
operating in the municipality. Some 4,800 people are
employed in private sector in Gllogoc/Glogovac (source:
municipal directorate for agriculture and economic
development).
6. Public Services
a. Infrastructure
The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality of
Gllogoc/Glogovac is assessed as good.
All the main roads connecting major villages with the
urban centre are asphalted. Gllogoc/Glogovac town is
connected to water and sewage systems; 24 villages
are connected to water supply system, while 15 are
connected to sewage system. Power supply is still a
problem especially in the villages (source: municipal
director of urban planning and environmental protection).
b. Health
The primary health care system includes: one (1) primary
health station, seven (7) family health centres, and five (5)
centres for family medicine. The health sector has 214
employees, 113 female and 101 male, including doctors,
nurses and support staff.
Access: All residents have access to health care and
health facilities (source: municipal directorate of health
and social welfare).
c. Education
There are 29 primary schools with 10,932 pupils and
617 teachers; two (2) secondary schools with 3,197
students and 178 teachers; one (1) kindergarten with 72
children and 17 teachers (source: municipal directorate
of education).
7. Religious and Cultural Sites
Gllogoc/Glogovac has 15 mosques. Seven (7) of them
were renovated after the 1999 conflict and eight (8) are
newly built. (source: President of Islamic Community in
Gllogoc/Glogovac).
to know
In Gllogoc/Glogovac there are:
31
seats in the municipal assembly distributed amongst 8
political entities.
82
police officers.
6
judges.
812
teachers in 29 primary and 2 secondary schools and 1
kindergarten.