ÃÂyçavica or ÃÂiÃÂavica is a mountain situated at the center of Kosovo with a length of about and a width of about . Its highest peak reaches a height of . It is in the boundary line between the Kosovo Plain, the Drenica and the Artakolli i ÃÂyçavicës region. The river Sitnica passes by it. The villages of Oshlan and Akrashticë are located to the right of the mountain. Large towns and cities like Skenderaj, Vushtrri and Drenas are located close by the mountain.
The name is inherited from the ancient legend of the ÃÂyçja.
According to the legend, Muja and Halil got their well-known strength in ÃÂyçavica after drinking milk from Zana's breast and then comparing their new strength in the form of throwing stones.
During the Kaçak movement, ÃÂyçavica was fully inhabited by Albanians who, under the leadership of Azem Galica, took up arms against the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During the Second World War under the leadership of Shaban Polluzha, ÃÂyçavica was a stronghold of the Balli Kombëtar. During the 1998-1999 Kosovo War, ÃÂyçavica was heavily used by the UÃÂK, which used its strategic location to fight against the Serbian Armed Forces. On September 22 and 23, 1998, a battle took place in the region. In those days, over 25,000 Serbian soldiers and police surrounded ÃÂyçavica and launched an attack along all the roads, which converged at a single point, at its peak, a bare meadow, from where almost all of Kosovo could be seen. Many villagers took refuge in the mountain until the war ended.
Nowadays, Serbian colonists who were sent by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia have left the mountain turning ÃÂyçavica into a homogenous place inhabited by Albanians once again.