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A municipality ( Albanian: komuna; Serbian: општина / opština) is the basic administrative division in Kosovo and constitutes the only level of power in local governance. [1] There are 38 municipalities in Kosovo; 27 of which have an Albanian ethnic majority, 10 Serb and 1 Turkish. After the 2013 Brussels Agreement, signed by the ...
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.
Pristina is the capital and the economic, financial, political and trade center of Kosovo, due to its location in the center of the country. It is the seat of power of the Government of Kosovo, the residences for work of the President and Prime Minister of Kosovo, and the Parliament of Kosovo.
Kosovo is administratively subdivided into districts ( Albanian: rajone, Serbian: окрузи / okruzi ). [1] They are further subdivided into municipalities ( Albanian: komuna, Serbian: општина / opština ). The entities were created by UNMIK. Type. Quantity. Districts of Kosovo. 7 (since 2000)
The final results of the 2011 census recorded Kosovo (excluding North Kosovo) as having 1,739,825 inhabitants. [15] The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) has called "for caution when referring to the 2011 census", due to the boycott by Serb-majority municipalities in North Kosovo and the large boycott by Serbs and Roma in southern Kosovo. [16]
The Kosovo District was split into the District of Pristina and District of Ferizaj. The Kosovo-Pomoravlje District was renamed into the District of Gjilan . Additionally, it transferred the municipality of Novo Brdo to the District of Pristina. The District of Prizren was reformed as following: it merged the municipalities of Gora and Opolje ...
Prizren ( Albanian definite form: Prizreni pronounced [priˈzrɛni]; Serbian Cyrillic: Призрен) is the second most populous city and municipality of Kosovo and seat of the eponymous municipality and district. It is located on the banks of the Prizren River between the foothills of the Sharr Mountains in southern Kosovo.
Kosovo is a landlocked country in Southeastern Europe. The country is strategically positioned in the center of the Balkan Peninsula enclosed by Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the southeast, and Albania to the southwest. It has no direct access to the Mediterranean Sea but its rivers flow into three ...