Klokot spa

Abstract

Klokot Spa is spa-tourist resort in the southeastern part of Kosovo and Metohija, situated 53 km south of Pristina, 15 km southwest of Gnjilane and 18 km east of Urosevac, in the village district of Klokot. It is located in the river valley of the Binacka Morava, between a mountain range Skopska Crna Gora in the south and Žegovac in the north, at the elevation of 483 m. Nowdays, Klolot is under the administrative control of UNMIK and KFOR. Basic natural curative factors, along with the mild climate, are the carbonic acid-sodium mineral hydrocarbon (1.5 to 4.2 g/l), cold, hypo and homeothermal (18-37oC) water springs, containing metasilicic acid (up to 174 mg/l), metaboric acid (up to 53 mg/l), lithium (1.06 mg/l), fluoride (2.4 mg/l), iron (up to 15 mg/l), radium and strontium etc. Carbon dioxide content is 0.75 to 1.8 g/l of water. Natural mineral springs have dried up, so for drinking and bathing in hot tubs and pools, water from several wells (abundance more than 140 l/s) is used. Natural healing mud (peloid) is often used. Mineral water is bottled as 'Klokot’s mineral water', both for the market, as well for carbon dioxide gas industry. The curative features of mineral water have been known since the mid XIX century.

Klokot Banja je banjsko-turističko mesto u jugoistočnom delu Kosova i Metohije, 53 km južno od Prištine, 15 km jugozapadno od Gnjilana i 18 km istočno od Uroševca, u sastavu sela Klokot. Nalazi se u dolini Binačke Morave, između Skopske Crne gore na jugu i planine Žegovac na severu, u prostranom banjskom parku, na visini od 483 m. Banja je danas pod upravom UMNIK-a i KFOR- a. Osnovni prirodni lečilišni faktori, uporedo sa blagim klimatom, su ugljeno - kisele hidrokarbonatno natrijumske mineralne (1,5-4,2 g/l), hladne, hipo i homeotermalne (18-37oC) vode, koje sadrže metasilicijumsku kiselinu (do 174 mg/l), metabornu kiselinu (do 53 mg/l), litijum (1,06 mg/l), fluor (2,4 mg/l), gvožđe (do 15 mg/l), radijum, stroncijum itd. Sadržaj ugljen-dioksida iznosi 0,75-1,8 g/l vode. Prirodni termomineralni izvori su presahli pa se za pijenje i kupanje u kadama i bazenima koristi voda iz više bušotina (izdašnost više od 140 l/s). Upotrebljava se i prirodno lekovito blato. Mineralna voda se flašira kao "Klokotska kisela voda" za tržište, kao i gas ugljen-dioksid za industriju. Lekovita svojstva mineralnih voda poznata su od sredine XIX veka.