Koći ( Cyrillic : Коћи ; Albanian : Kojë ) is a village in the municipality of Tuzi , Montenegro , near the border with Albania . The village is inhabited by ethnic Albanians of the Roman Catholic faith.
7-610: Koći lies east of the capital Podgorica, north of Ubli . Koći is a village in Koja e Kuçit , eastern Montenegro, bordering Albania. Along with Albanian-inhabited Hoti and Gruda , Koći is, from Albanian point of view, part of the wider Malësia -region ( Malesija ). At the beginning of the Montenegrin–Ottoman War , the Kuči rose up against the Ottomans, who started dispatching soldiers at
14-584: Is found in the Serbian Orthodox tradition of krsna slava . Ubli, Podgorica Ubli ( Montenegrin : Убли ) is a settlement in Podgorica Municipality , Montenegro . It is the historical seat of the Kuči clan. Ubli consists of a town centre and a few villages. The town centre includes a local chancellery, a cultural hall, Police station , Health centre , market , local pubs, elementary school "Đoko Prelević" (70 students), etc. During
21-422: The 80's, in the center of Ubli worked bike-alums (wheels) factory, which was a part of Aluminium Plant Podgorica . The villages which are part of Ubli are Pavićevići, Prelevići, Kostrovići, Živkovići and Rajovići. The most inhabited ones are Prelevići, Živkovići and Pavićevići. In the villages there exists two Orthodox churches and a local graveyard . According to 2003 census, Ubli had 355 residents, making it
28-422: The frontier, including at Koći. According to Spiridon Gopčević , the area of Koći included 10 km and 550 inhabitants, out of which 480 were Catholics, 40 Orthodox, and 25 Muslims (1877). Traveler Arso Milatović (who wrote a travel book on his experiences 1935–45) stayed at Koći and described it as "a village neighbouring Malesia, misplaced and rugged, which a horse can't reach, thus donkeys and mules walk
35-424: The most populated area in the highland region of Kuči. Montenegrins constitute the majority with 178 (52,19%), while Serbs number 147 (43,10%). 166 inhabitants are men and 175 are women . Today, Ubli had 80 households and 170 houses and buildings. In the 1948 census, Ubli had 616 inhabitants. At 1953, Ubli had 610 inhabitants, and in 1961 - 520. In the 1981 census, population of Ubli was 493, and at 1991, there
42-454: The rocks as squirrels on branches". The inhabitants were Catholics, and the village had a church and priest, fra Marko. A church was built by the ethnic Albanian migrant workers who left the village for Europe in the period of 1964–74. The village population has since massively decreased. Some Albanian Catholics have the custom of family and tribe celebration of saints (called festa in Peja), as
49-420: Was 339 inhabitants. According to the 2011 census, its population was 227. Ubli borders to nine smaller villages: in the south, Koći ; west and southwest Bezjovo , Cvilin and Orahovo ; north Momče , and from the east, southeast and northeast are Ubalac , Zagreda , Kosor , Dučići and Liješta . Medun , a Roman town and birthplace of duke Marko Miljanov is situated four kilometres west of Ubli, while
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