shqiptarëtShtime
A municipality in the Ferizaj region, with the Fejzullahu family tower-house at Zotaj.
What to know
- The ASK Population and Housing Census 2024 counted 24,308 residents in Shtime municipality.
- Under ASK's classification of statistical regions, the municipality covers 134.42 km² and belongs to the Ferizaj statistical region.
- ASKdata table geo02 lists 23 settlements in the municipality.
- Law 03/L-041 on Administrative Municipal Boundaries includes Shtime; the Serbian name in the law text is Štimlje.
- According to the Cultural Heritage Database (DTK), the Fejzullahu family tower-house is in the village of Zotaj, 9 km east of Shtime, at the village entrance.
- DTK dates the building to the second half of the 19th century: a square plan, ground floor and upper storey, stone foundations, fired-brick walls and a four-sided roof with traditional tiles.
- The façade is untreated plaster-free brickwork, with rectangular and some arched openings; wooden-board ceilings survive inside. The monument was inventoried (2002) and has been under successive temporary protection (including 2021).
- DTK classifies it as an architectural monument of the Ottoman period, typical of the Kosovo plain yet distinct from contemporary buildings in the area.
Quick facts
- Population (2024 census): 24,308
- Area: 134.42 km²
- Settlements: 23
- Statistical region (ASK): Ferizaj
- Serbian name (Law 03/L-041): Štimlje
Official links
Health
The emergency number and official links for this place. No other phone numbers — only checked sources.
- 194 / 94 — Medical emergency · Ministria e Shëndetësisë e Republikës së Kosovës
- Ministry of Health
- SHSKUK
- QKUK
- Ferizaj Regional Hospital — Regional hospital under SHSKUK. · SHSKUK — Spitalet dhe Shërbimet Spitalore Universitare të Kosovës
Health guide (Albania and Kosovo) →
Sources
- Kosovo Agency of Statistics (ASK): Population and Housing Census 2024, final results, Tab. 4.1 (PDF)
- Kosovo Agency of Statistics (ASK): Classification of statistical regions, area by municipality (PDF)
- ASKdata: settlements by municipality (geo02)
- Official Gazette: Law 03/L-041 on Administrative Municipal Boundaries, Art. 5
- Kosovo Cultural Heritage Database (DTK): Fejzullahu house, Zotaj
- Official municipal website of Shtime