Stanevce

Stanevce (Serbian Cyrillic: Станевце; Albanian: Stanec) is a village located in the municipality of Preševo, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 68 people.^[2] Of these, 67 (98,52 %) were ethnic Albanians, and 1 (1,47 %) Bosniak.^[2]

Stanevce Станевце (Serbian) Stanec (Albanian)
Village (Selo)
Stanevce
Coordinates: 42°19′11″N 21°34′41″E
Country	Serbia
District	Pčinja District
Municipality	Preševo
Area [1]
• Total	8.78 km2 (3.39 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	68
• Density	7.7/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

History

Stanevce belongs to the ethnographic region of Karadak, specifically the subregion of Llapushnica. Until the summer of 1947, the villages of Llapushnica—Stanevce, Kurbalija, Depce, Sefer, Bujić, Cerevajka, Pečeno, Maxherja, and Ranatovce—were part of the Municipality of Zhegër, located in the District of Gjilan and Kosovo. However, they were unexpectedly incorporated by Yugoslav authorities into the Municipality of Preševo, with which they had no cultural ties and only limited connections.^[3] The inhabitants are divided into five clans, all of which descend from the Berisha tribe.^[4]

Notable people

• Limon Staneci, Albanian commander of the Balli Kombëtar