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| Гусиње Gusinje |
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| Country: |  Montenegro |
| Subdivision: | Plav municipality |
| Location: | 42°33′43″N 19°50′02″E / 42.56194°N 19.83389°E |
| Population: | 1,704 (2003 Census) |
| Area code: | +382 87 |
| Postal code: | 84326 |
| License plates: | PL |
Gusinje (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Гусиње) is a town in northeastern Montenegro, in the municipality of Plav. The 2003 census put the population at 1,704.
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Ali Paša's Springs (Albanian: Krojet e Ali Pashes, named after Ali Paša of Gusinje, are the premium attraction of the town. The town of Plav and Lake Plav are also only a few kilometers away. Gusinje is a town in Montenegro founded in the 14th Century CE by an Albanian Catholic family that migrated from the Lake Shkodra region. The history and origins of Gusinje are unknown prior to the Ottoman conquests. Before the Ottoman Turks took control of the region, Plav-Gusinje was under the control of various Albanian Catholic tribes. The Ottoman Turks engage in a serious of military campaigns against the many Balkans lands. They take Kosovo in 1389, and in 1430 they are successful in taking the Northern part of Albania (Shkodra). There are accounts which state that Plav-Gusinje was part of Shkodra and came under Ottoman control during the this time period. Some accounts state that it didn't come under the control of the Turks until the defeat of Skenderbeg in 1463. Gusinje remained under the control of the Turks for the next 450 years. During these years, the Turks are able to convert numerous people from Roman Catholicism to Islam. The majority of the citizens of Plav-Gusinje were of Albanian origin, hence the majority of the population was Catholic, with the exception a few Eastern Orthodox families. By 1700 over 75% of the inhabitants of Plav-Gusinje embraced Islam. The Turks rule over the area until they secede it to the Montenegrin Serbs under King Peter I Karađorđević, also known as King Peter the Liberator, was King of Serbia from 1903 to 1918 after which he became the first King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which from the very beginning was colloquially called Yugoslavia within the kingdom and in the rest of Europe.
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