District of Pristina explained

District of Prishtina
Native Name Lang:sq
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Label Position:center
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type2:Municipalities
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Pristina
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:2470
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:477,312
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:HDI (2018)
Blank Info Sec1:0.757[1]
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Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2

The District of Prishtina (Albanian: Rajoni i Prishtinës, Serbian: Приштински округ|Prištinski okrug) is a district in Kosovo. Its seat is the capital city of Pristina.[2] It consists of eight municipalities and 298 villages.[3] According to the 2011 census, the total population of the district is 477,312.

Municipalities

The district of Pristina has a total of eight municipalities and 298 other smaller settlements:

Municipality Population (2011)Area (km2)Density (km2)Settlements
Pristina198,897572347.741
Podujevo88,499632133.576
Drenas58,531290201.837
Lipjan57,605422136.570
Kosovo Polje34,82783419.615
Obiliq21,549105205.219
Gračanica10,67513181.516
Novo Brdo6,72920433.024
Pristina District477,3122,470193.2298

Ethnic groups

In 1991, the municipalities with an Albanian majority were: Pristina (88.63%), Obilić (80.31%), Kosovo Polje (82.63%), Lipjan (79.36%), Podujevo (98.91%), and Drenas (99.87%). The municipality of Novo Brdo had a Serb-Montenegrin majority in 1991 (58.12%).

In the 2011 census, Albanians are the majority in: Pristina (97.8%), Drenas (99.9%), Podujevo (98.9%), Lipjan (94.6%), Obiliq (92.1%), Kosovo Polje (86.9%), and Novo Brdo (52.4%).

Serbs are the majority population in Gračanica municipality with 67.5%.[4] Ethnic groups in 2011 census:

Number%
TOTAL477,302100
Albanians451,01494.5
Serbs11,8852.5
Roma (Ashkali)9,6692
Turks2,3800.5
Bosniaks6010.1
Others and no response1,7530.4

Postal codes

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 2018-09-13.
  2. Web site: District of Prishtina (District of Prishtina), Kosovo. Mindat.org. 30 May 2014.
  3. Web site: Komunat e Kosovës: Rajoni Kosovë. 2015-01-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729230735/http://www.gjiganti.com/kosova/komunat/prishtine.html. 2017-07-29. dead.
  4. Web site: Kosovo Population and Housing Census 2011- Final Results: Quality Report. United Nations. 30 May 2014. 29 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190329224806/https://unstats.un.org/unsd/censuskb20/KnowledgebaseArticle10700.aspx. dead.

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