Kosovo
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| Location of Kosovo within southeastern Europe Location of Kosovo within southeastern Europe | |
| Capital and largest city | Pristina (Prishtina or Priština) |
| Official languages | Albanian Serbian |
| Ethnic groups (2008) | 92% Albanians 8% Serbs,a Bosniaks, Gorani, Roma, Turks, Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians[1] |
| Demonym(s) | Serbs and Albanians |
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• Water (%) | n/a |
| Population | |
• 2011 census | 1,733,872[2] |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
• Total | $12.777 billion[3] |
• Per capita | $6,600–7,369[3][4] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate |
• Total | $5.601 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $3,103 |
| Currency | Euro (€); Serbian dinar (EUR; RSD) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +381 (Serbia) for fixed lines; mobile phone providers in Kosovo use +377 (Monaco) or +386 (Slovenia) |
| ISO 3166 code | [[ISO 3166-2:Template:ISO 3166 code|Template:ISO 3166 code]] |
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Kosovo (Albanian: Kosovë or Kosova; Serbian: Косово, Kosovo) is a territory in the Balkans. Whether it should be considered a country is disputed mainly between the Kosovan authorities which supported independence and the Serbian authorities which opposed Kosovo breaking away from them.
It has been part of the lands of Dardani in the years BC, Roman, Byzantine, Bulgarian, Serbian and Ottoman Empires, then the Kingdom of Serbia, Italian Empire and Yugoslavia in the 20th century. After NATO bombed Yugoslavia in 1999, the territory came under the administration of the United Nations (UNMIK).
The Assembly of Kosovo declared indepedence in February 2008. This is disputed by Serbia and some other states. Serbia still sees the territory as Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/iana scripts' not found.).
To the north and east of Kosovo is the rest of Serbia. To the south of Kosovo is the Republic of North Macedonia. To the west of Kosovo are the Albania and Montenegro. The capital is Prishtina. Prishtina is also Kosovo's largest city. About two million people live in Kosovo. The majority of them are of Albanian origin, but there are also Serbs living in the most northern part of Kosovo, and others living everywhere else around Kosovo.
Divisions
Kosovo is divided into 7 districts. These districts include 38 municipalities:
| No. | District | Capital | Area (km²) | Population | Municipalities |
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| 1 | District of Peja | Peja | 1,365 | 174,235 | Peja, Burim, Klina |
| 2 | District of Mitrovica | Mitrovica | 2,077 | 272,247 | Leposaviq, Mitrovica, North Mitrovica, Skenderaj, Vushtrri, Zubin Potok, Zveçan |
| 3 | District of Prishtina | Prishtina | 2,470 | 477,312 | Drenas, Graçanica, Fushë Kosovë, Lipjan, Artana, Kastriot, Podujevo, Prishtina |
| 4 | District of Gjilan | Gjilan | 1,206 | 180,783 | Gjilan, Kamenica, Kllokot, Partesh, Ranillug, Vitia |
| 5 | District of Gjakova | Gjakova | 1,129 | 194,672 | Deçan, Gjakova, Junik, Rahovec |
| 6 | District of Prizren | Prizren | 1,397 | 331,670 | Dragash, Malisheva, Mamusha, Prizren, Suhareka |
| 7 | District of Ferizaj | Ferizaj | 1,030 | 185,806 | Ferizaj, Hani i Elezit, Kaçanik, Shtime, Shtërpcë |
Related pages
References
- ↑ CIA World Factbook. CIA. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kv.html
- ↑ "Population estimates for Kosovo July 2011" (PDF). Census 2011. Kosovo statistical office. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kosovo PPP". IMF. 14 September 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ↑ "CIA: Kosovo". Cia.gov. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ↑ "Kosovo". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- History of Kosovo and Metohija
- The Rastko Project
- Coordination Center of SCG and the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo
- Eastern Orthodox Resource Centre
- Southern Serbia: The second Kosovo?
- Hugo Roth, Kosovo Origins: an historian's comprehensive overview
- Serbia's Title Over Kosovo - Website led by the Belgrade law students
Bibliography
- Dušan T. Bataković, The Kosovo Chronicles, Plato Books, Belgrade 1992.
- R. Petrović, M. Blagojević, The Migration of the Serbs and Montenegrins from Kosovo and Metohija, SASA, Belgrade 1992,
- Dušan T. Bataković, Kosovo. La spirale de la haine, L'Age d'Homme, Lausanne 1998.
- Kosovo-Kosova. Confrontation or Coexistence, Nijmegen: University of Nijmegen & Political Cultural Centre 042 1996.
- Kosovo. Avoiding Another Balkan War,Thanos Veremis & Evangelos Kofos, (eds.), Athens:Eliamep & University of Athens, 1998.
- Kosovo. Contending Voices on Balkan Interventions, William Joseph Buckley, ed.,William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan & Cambridge U. K 2000
- Kosovo and Metohija. Living in the Enclave, D. T. Bataković (ed.), Institute for Balkan Studies, Belgrade 2007, 314 p. Template:Catalog lookup linkScript error: No such module "check isxn".
- Jean-Arnault Dérens, Kosovo. Année zéro, préface de Marek Antoni Nowick,i Paris: Paris-Méditerranée, 2004.
- Dušan T. Bataković, Kosovo. Un conflit sans fin? Lausanne: L'Age d'Homme 2008. 322 p. Template:Catalog lookup linkScript error: No such module "check isxn".
- Dušan T. Bataković, Serbia's Kosovo Drama. A Historical Perspective, Belgrade: Čigoja Štampa, 2012, 369 p. Template:Catalog lookup linkScript error: No such module "check isxn".
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