Račak

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Račak is a village in Kosovo best known internationally as the site of the 1999 Račak massacre, a pivotal event in the Kosovo conflict.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Račak canonical 3
Racak 1
Račak (Albanian) 1

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Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf village
claimedBy Serbia
surface form: Republic of Serbia
conflictContext Kosovo War
coordinateLocation 42.43°N 21.04°E
country Kosovo
elevation approximately 700 meters above sea level
governingAuthority Kosovo
surface form: Republic of Kosovo
hasEvent Račak massacre
hasEventDate 15 January 1999 (Račak massacre)
hasLanguage Albanian
Serbian language
surface form: Serbian
hasMajorEthnicGroup Albanians
hasNameInLanguage Račak self-linksurface differs
surface form: Račak (Albanian)

Račak self-linksurface differs
surface form: Račak (Serbian Latin)

Račak self-linksurface differs
surface form: Рачак (Serbian Cyrillic)
hasPopulationCharacteristic ethnically mixed population
hasReligiousCommunity Christians
Muslims
knownFor Račak massacre
locatedIn Kosovo
locatedInAdministrativeEntity District of Ferizaj
Shtime municipality
locatedInHistoricalRegion Kosovo
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
locatedOnContinent Europe
nearbyCity Pristina
nearbySettlement Shtime
politicalStatus disputed territory (Kosovo)

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Račak massacre location Račak
Agim Çeku placeOfBirth Račak
this entity surface form: Ćuška
Račak hasNameInLanguage Račak self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Račak (Albanian)
Račak hasNameInLanguage Račak self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Рачак (Serbian Cyrillic)
Račak hasNameInLanguage Račak self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Račak (Serbian Latin)
Reçak hasAlternateName Račak
Reçak hasAlternateName Račak
this entity surface form: Racak