Prizrenski Podgor

The Prizren Podgor (Serbian: Призренски Подгор / Prizrenski Podgor, lit. 'Podgor of Prizren'; or Prizren Podgur, Albanian: Podguri i Prizrenit, lit. 'Podgur of Prizren') is a geographical region in Kosovo, stretching from the branches of the Šar Mountains, from Prizren to the village of Duhël on the Carralevë mountain. It includes the eastern and northeastern part of the Prizren basin (Prizrenska kotlina) and presents its border region towards the Šar župe of Sirinićka župa and Sredačka župa. It is a sub-region of Metohija. It includes the villages of Skorobišta, Dojnicë, Grnčare, Novoselë, Vrbičane, and the urban settlements of Kurillë and Bazhdërhane, and suburb Lubizhdë, of Prizren. It is inhabited by Bosniaks and Albanians and Serbs.

Geography

The region is stretching from the branches of the Šar Mountains, from Prizren to the village of Duhël on the Carralevë mountain.^[1] It includes the eastern and northeastern part of the Prizren basin (Prizrenska kotlina) and presents its border region towards the Šar župe of Sirinićka župa and Sredačka župa.^[2] It is a sub-region of Metohija.^[1]

It includes the villages of Skorobišta, Dojnicë, Grnčare, Novo Selo, Vrbičane, and the urban settlements of Kurillë and Bazhdërhane, and suburb Lubizhdë, of Prizren.^{[3][better source needed]}

History

In the Middle Ages, it was a župa (county) named Podgor.^[4] The Ottomans called the region Havazi.^[5]

Culture

It is culturally connected to the Serb-inhabited Sirinićka župa.^[6] The locals speak the Podgor speech (Podgorski govor) of the Serbian language; the speech of Skorobište, Grnčare and Novo Selo show Serbian–Macedonian linguistical contact.^[7]