[1][2] Dushkaja lies in the central part of the Dukagjini Plains and consists of 26 villages administered by two municipal centers - Gjakova and Deçan.

Dushkaja is bordered by the White Drin to the east, Deçan's Lumbardh to the north (which separates from the ethnographic Lugu i Baranit region), the lower course of the Erenik river to the south and the province of Reka to the west, which in itself extends to the Highlands of Gjakova.

Slavic and Ottoman administrative sources, namely the Chrysobull of Deçan (1330) and the Registry of the Sandzak of Shkodra (1485), as well as some old maps, make mention of said villages.

The Chrysobull of Deçan mentions Jablanica, Ratishë, Rakoc, Rashkoc, Zhdrellë, Meqe, Sapot, Cërmjan, Rakovina, Kralan, Bec and Radoniq, while the Ottoman record mentions Palabardh, Janosh, Vraniq, Kralan, Cërm Bec, Rashkoc, Radoniq, Rakoc and Rakovina.

[4] The population of Dushkaja has traditionally lived on agriculture and livestock and continues to do so today, but in last 3-4 decades, an increasing importance has been given to education, employment, emancipation and the overall transformation of the region's villages.