Krushë e Madhe
Village in western Kosovo
Village in Gjakova, Kosovo
Krushë e Madhe Velika Kruša | |
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Village | |
| 42°19′08″N 20°38′10″E / 42.319°N 20.636°E / 42.319; 20.636 | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Gjakova |
| Municipality | Rahovec |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
| • Total | 10.843 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Krushë e Madhe (Serbian: Velika Kruša) is a village in the municipality of Rahovec of western Kosovo. With a population of around 7,000, it is the second largest village in Kosovo.[2] During the Kosovo War, the village was a stronghold of the Kosovo Liberation Army.[3] On 25 March 1999, it was the site of a massacre by the Army of Serbia and Montenegro in which 205 Kosovo Albanian civilians were killed.[4]
