Radostë

Radostë

Radostë (Albanian)
Радосте/Radoste (Serbian)
Radostë Radostë (Albanian); Радосте/Radoste (Serbian);
Village
	Radostë Location within Kosovo
	Coordinates: 42°23′19″N 20°32′14″E / 42.388710°N 20.537149°E
Location	Kosovo
District	Gjakovë
Municipality	Rahovec
Population (2024)
• Total	1,507
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Radostë (Albanian: Radostë, Serbian Cyrillic: Радосте/Radoste) is a village in Rahovec municipality.

Demographics

As of 2024, the village had a total population of 1,507 people. Of this, approximately 96.88% were Albanians, while Ashkalis and Egyptians made up the rest of population.^[1]

History

The village was recorded in the Ottoman register of 1591 with the name "Radostova". The village then had 9 households and mansions ('Bashtina'). The villagers primarily had Albanian and Islamic anthropological traits, there was also a small presence of Slavic anthropology. The mansions ('Bashtina') listed bore Islamic, Albanian and Slavic names.^[2]

References

1 2 "Popullsia sipas gjinisë, etnicitetit dhe vendbanimit" [Population by gender, ethnicity, and place of residence] (PDF) (in Albanian). Prishtinë: Kosovo Agency of Statistics. July 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves Gjate Shekujve – page 279-280

[census-1] 1 2 "Popullsia sipas gjinisë, etnicitetit dhe vendbanimit" [Population by gender, ethnicity, and place of residence] (PDF) (in Albanian). Prishtinë: Kosovo Agency of Statistics. July 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves Gjate Shekujve – page 279-280

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