Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 519 (2011) | Elevation 617 m Municipality Mitrovica, Kosovo | |
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Lisicë (in Albanian) or Lisica (Serbian Cyrillic: Лисица) is a village in the municipality of Mitrovica in the District of Mitrovica, Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, it has 519 inhabitants. Originally the village was named "Te Lisi" meaning "To the tree". The Serbian re-naming means "fox".
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History
Lisica was during the Yugoslav period a village of ethnic Albanians who opposed Serb rule. In 1912 the village was used by Ottoman forces to bombard Isa Boletinis kulla. One of the families that ruled the village was the Muslim family Latifi, originating from the Catholic Gimaj tribe who supposedly came to the village from Morina, Albania during the 18th century. The father of the Lisica family was Osman Lisica who was the local bayraktar around Mitrovica. The family consisted of many anti-Yugoslav kachaks such as Arif Lisica and his brother Brahim Lisica who lived most of their lives in the wild. When Serb colonists came to settle the village in 1912 they were attacked by the brothers. In 1917 Arif Lisica shot a Serb agent named Dragan Jablanovic. According to Serb author Milos Jelic, in 1914 Arif Lisica was reported to have killed two brothers, Sadri and Fazi Smajli from Polaci village, in the municipality of Sokolaj. Later on Arifi fought the genderarmies of Serb commander Zoran Zlatici in the village of Zhazë from his kulla. As the genderarmies were unable to fight Arifi a Serb Orthodox pope walked up and offered a bargain to which Arifi accepted. He was to give up his rifle. Arifi and his brother were killed in an ambush by the Yugoslav forces in 1924. One of the brothers nephew was Latif Lisica who lived most of his life as a peasant farmer in the village. In In 1964 Latifis brother was killed by a local co-worker in the Trepca mine. Latifi saw to avenge his brother and did so by executing the alleged murderer with automatic rifle in the town square of Mitrovica, in 1964. Latif received 20 years in prison. The village was entirely anti-communist and refused to vote. The family later moved down to the Ibar river close to the city as the state bought up their territory for construction property. The village was a hideout for many UCK soldiders deriving from the family. During the Kosovo war in 1999 the village was the only one in Mitrovica that wast not burned down by Serb forces as it remained strategically hidden. Today the village is abandoned and the majority of the inhabitants live close to the Ibar river.
Demography
In 2011 census, the village had in total 519 inhabitants, from whom 517 (99,61 %) were Albanians and one Bosniak. One was not available.