Editing Rahovec (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|title=Municipal historical population
| percentages = pagr
|1948|27335 |1953|30095 |1961|35461 |1971|46788 |1981|61178 |1991|85698 |2011|56208 |2016<br>{{small|est.}}|58908
|source = [http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-division.htm Division of Kosovo]
}}
According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Rahovec has 56,208 inhabitants. 

In the municipality's total population, 98.14% are [[Kosovo Albanians|Albanians]], amounting to 55,166 individuals, while the rest represent diverse [[Minority group|minority groups]] in Kosovo, including [[Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians|Ashkali]], [[Egyptians (Balkans)|Egyptians]], [[Kosovo Serbs|Serbs]], [[Bosniaks in Kosovo|Bosniaks]] and various others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Popullsia sipas gjinisë etnicitetit dhe vendbanimit 2011 (AKS) |url=https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/1613/popullsia-sipas-gjinis%C3%AB-etnicitetit-dhe-vendbanimit.pdf |access-date=2023-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303192426/https://ask.rks-gov.net/media/1613/popullsia-sipas-gjinis%C3%AB-etnicitetit-dhe-vendbanimit.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2022 }}</ref>

===Local Pidgin Language===
The town was known for a language known locally as "Rahovecionshe" or "Raveqki", which is a mixture of Albanian, Serbian and Bulgarian. Its use has declined rapidly after the [[Kosovo War]] and nowadays it is nearly extinct.<ref name=":0" /> It is thought that this pidgin language developed as a way for [[Albanians|Albanian]] grape farmers to sell their products to wine producers, who were predominately [[Slavic languages|Slavic]]-speaking.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-s-mysterious-dialect-fades-away|title=Kosovo's Mysterious Dialect Fades Away :: Balkan Insight|website=www.balkaninsight.com|date=27 November 2010 |access-date=2016-04-14}}</ref>