Tunel i Parë

Tunel i Parë (in Albanian) or Prvi Tunel (in Serbian: Први Тунел) is a settlement in the municipality of Mitrovica in the District of Mitrovica, Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, it has 1,006 inhabitants.^[2]

Tunel i Parë Prvi Tunel
Village
Tunel i Parë Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°55′20″N 20°53′54″E
Location	Kosovo
District	Mitrovicë
Municipality	Mitrovicë
Elevation	865 m (2,838 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,006
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

History

Tuneli i Parë was founded by British people as a mining colony in 1924. It is said that they bought the properties from the local Albanian population for the housing of the miners who were not from Mitrovica, but from other places of Yugoslavia like Dalmatia, Lika or Hercegovina. During the Second World War, a concentration camp was built by the Germans where an estimated number of 130 humans were deported.^[3]

Demography

In 2011 census, the village had in total 1,006 inhabitants, from whom 998 (99,20 %) were Albanians, seven Bosniaks (0,70 %) and one other.^[4]

Historical population of Tunel i Parë

Year	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2011
Population	680	1290	1627	1528	1602	1646	1006

Evolution of the population 1948-2011^[5]

See also

• Trepça Mines