Llapushnik (or Llapushniku) is a village in municipality Drenas in Kosovo.
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Demography DemographicsYearPopulation1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 Ref: Federal Office of Statistics and Evidence of Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, census for 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. and 1991.
History The village became notorious after 1998 because of the Lapušnik prison camp operated by the Albanian militant organization the UÇK. It also had a famous battle with the KLA and Yugoslav forces, which led to an KLA victory in 1998 known as the First Battle of Llapushnik. Yugoslav forces seized back control of Llapushnik on 27 July 1998 after a second battle.
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