Dumosh


Dumosh is a village located in northeastern Kosovo, in the municipality of Podujevë.

Demographics

The settlement in Dumosh is divided into several "mahalla", such as Podvorica, Kutleshi, Maqastena, Visoka etc. The village has a total of 1207 inhabitants.
YearPopulation
1948678
1953755
1961794
1971949
19811.078
19911.141
20111207
2024791

Infrastructure

The village of Dumosh has a following infrastructure:

Dumosh-Batllava Airfield

Dumosh-Batllava Airfield, a Kosovo airport, is a former military airport in the village of Dumosh, near Lake Batllava and the village of Batllava and the city of Podujevë.
In 1936, Aeroput used the airport on the Belgrade-Podujevë-Skopje line using the Aeroput MMS-3 plane. The airport was later rebuilt for military use by the Yugoslav army and air force. It was damaged in 1999 during the NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Notable people

The tea of "çaj rusi"

The most common drink in Podujevë is the tea of "çaj rusi" or even "çaj i zi", made from tea produced in either India or Sri Lanka. This kind of tea is said to have been first served in the village of Dumosh. The black tea is said to have originally been brought from the Caucasus by the Circassians who had immigrated to the village since 1865. Oral tradition in the village tells that Sheqir Hajdar Kutleshi was the first in the village to consume the black tea.