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Mean annual precipitation ranges from 600 to 1,300 mm (24 to 51 in) per year, and is well distributed year-round. To the northeast, the Kosovo Plain and Ibar Valley are drier with total precipitation of about 600 millimetres (24 inches) per year and more influenced by continental air masses, with colder winters and very hot summers.
Ulpiana was established at the site of an unknown Dardanian oppidum.It likely took its name from the Roman Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus), during whose reign it was upgraded to the status of a municipium before the year 117. [10]
The Social Democratic Initiative (Albanian: Nisma Socialdemokrate) also known as NISMA, is a political party in Kosovo formed by Fatmir Limaj and Jakup Krasniqi, former members of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).
The Republic of Kosovo, as an independent state, is a member of 10 and an observer of 1 international intergovernmental organization. The Republic of Kosovo has formally applied for membership in 4 more international intergovernmental organizations.
With a population density of 434 people per square kilometer, Pristina is the third most densely populated municipality of Kosovo. [68] The population of Pristina grew by 14.2% between 2011 and 2024, which shows the rapid rate of urbanization in both the city and Kosovo as a whole.
In 1981, the University of Pristina consisted of 75 per cent ethnic Albanians out of the 47,000 students attending it. [2] During the late 70s and early 80s the economic situation in Kosovo and Yugoslavia was worsening.
Ibrahim Rugova (Albanian pronunciation: [ibɾahim ɾugova]; 2 December 1944 – 21 January 2006) was a Kosovo-Albanian politician, scholar, and writer, who served as the President of the partially recognised Republic of Kosova, serving from 1992 to 2000 and as President of Kosovo from 2002 until his death in 2006.
Adem Shaban Jashari [8] was born on 28 November 1955, [9] in the village of Prekaz, AR KiM, SFR Yugoslavia, as Fazli Jashari. [1] He was born into a large Albanian family, to parents Zahide Jashari and Shaban Jashari.