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The Albanians of Kosovo ( Albanian: Shqiptarët e Kosovës, pronounced [ʃcipˈtaɾət ɛ kɔˈsɔvəs] ), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovan Albanians or Kosovars (Albanian: Kosovarët ), constitute the largest ethnic group in Kosovo . Kosovo Albanians belong to the ethnic Albanian sub-group of Ghegs, [10] who inhabit the north of ...
The cities and towns in Kosovo belong to the following size ranges in terms of the number of inhabitants: 1 city larger than 150,000: Pristina. 2 cities from 50,000 to 100,000: Gjilan and Prizren. 9 cities from 15,000 to 50,000: Ferizaj, Fushë Kosovë, Gjakova, Mitrovica, Peja, Podujeva, Rahovec, and Vushtrri.
Cities and towns in Albania belong to the following size ranges in terms of the number of population: One city larger than 250,000: Tirana. Seven cities from 50,000 to 250,000: Durrës, Fier, Elbasan, Kamëz, Korçë, Shkodër and Vlorë. Four cities from 20,000 to 50,000: Berat, Lushnjë, Pogradec and Kavajë.
The 2016 Australian census counted 4,041 people born in Albania or Kosovo and 15,901 claimed Albanian ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry. [53] Albanians migrated to Australia from southern Albania during the interwar period (early 1920s-late 1930s) mainly from Korçë and its surrounding rural areas.
During the Kosovo War in 1999, around 700,000 ethnic Albanians, [39] over 100,000 ethnic Serbs and more than 40,000 Bosniaks were forced out of Kosovo to neighbouring Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Serbia. After the United Nations took over administration of Kosovo following the war, the vast majority of the Albanian refugees ...
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Albania–Kosovo. Albania–Kosovo relations ( Albanian: Marrëdhëniet Shqiptaro-Kosovare) refer to the current, cultural and historical relations of Albania and Kosovo. Albania has an embassy in Pristina and Kosovo has an embassy in Tirana. There are 1.8 million Albanians living in Kosovo – officially 92.93% of Kosovo's entire population ...
The Albanian tribes ( Albanian: fiset shqiptare) form a historical mode of social organization ( farefisní) in Albania and the southwestern Balkans characterized by a common culture, often common patrilineal kinship ties and shared social ties. The fis ( Albanian definite form: fisi; commonly translated as "tribe", also as "clan" or "kin ...