Districts of Kosovo explained

Districts of Kosovo
Map:	Harta e Rajoneve të Kosovës (me emra).svg
Category:	District
Territory:	Kosovo
Legislation Begin:	Constitution of Kosovo
Current Number:	7
Population Range:	174,235 (Peja) – 477,312 (Pristina)
Area Range:	400order=flipNaNorder=flip (Ferizaj) – 950order=flipNaNorder=flip (Pristina)
Subdivision:	Municipalities of Kosovo

A District (Albanian: Qark or Albanian: Rajon; Serbian: {{lang|sr-Cyrl|Округ or Serbian: {{lang|sr-Cyrl|Дистрикт, or Serbian: {{lang|sr-Cyrl|Регион) is the highest level of administrative divisions of Kosovo.^{[1] [2]} The districts of Kosovo are based on the 2000 Reform of the UNMIK-Administration.

UNMIK reform of 2000

The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) introduced the following changes to the districts and municipalities of Kosovo (UNMIK) in 2000:

• The Kosovska Mitrovica District became the District of Mitrovica.
• The Peć District was split into the District of Peja and the District of Gjakova.
  • Additionally, the municipality of Rahovec was transferred to the District of Gjakova.
• 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 into the new municipality of Dragash
  • it formed the new municipality Malisheva by taking territories from the municipalities of Rahovec (District of Gjakova), Suva Reka (District of Prizren), Klina (District of Peja) and Drenas (District of Pristina).

Serbia protested the new territorial division and does not see it as legitimate, but by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo administration (UNMIK) implemented it regardless of Serbia's protests, because it has such authority established by virtue of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244.

Districts of Kosovo

District	Map	Area in km^2	Population in 2011 (rank)	Density per km^2	Municipalities	Settlements
District of Ferizaj (Rajoni i Ferizajit/Uroševački okrug)		1,030	185,806	180	Ferizaj Hani i Elezit Kaçanik Shtime Štrpce	126^[3]
District of Gjakova (Rajoni i Gjakovës/Đakovički okrug)		1,129	194,672	170	Deçan Gjakova Junik Rahovec	170^[4]
District of Gjilan (Rajoni i Gjilanit/Gnjilanski okrug)		1,206	180,783	150	Gjilan Kamenica Klokot Parteš Ranilug Viti	287^[5]
District of Mitrovica (Rajoni i Mitrovicës/Kosovskomitrovački okrug)		2,077	272,247	110	Leposavić Mitrovica North Mitrovica Skenderaj Vushtrri Zubin Potok Zvečan	267^[6]
District of Peja (Rajoni i Pejës/Pećki okrug)		1,365	174,235	130	Peja Istog Klina	118^[7]
District of Pristina (Rajoni i Prishtinës/Prištinski okrug)		2,470	477,312	223	Drenas Gračanica Kosovo Polje Lipjan Novo Brdo Obiliq Podujevo Pristina	298^[8]
District of Prizren (Rajoni i Prizrenit/Prizrenski okrug)		1,397	331,670	240	Dragash Malisheva Mamusha Prizren Suva Reka	195^[9]

See also

• Districts of Kosovo and Metohija
• List of districts of Kosovo by Human Development Index
• Administrative divisions of Kosovo
• Municipalities of Kosovo
• Cities and towns in Kosovo
• Populated places in Kosovo
  • Populated places in Kosovo by Albanian name

Notes and References

1. Web site: ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTION No. 14/2009 – MIA ON VEHICLE REGISTRATION. Mpb-ks.org. 7 October 2017.
2. Web site: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Republic of Kosovo. Mfa-ks.net. 7 October 2017.
3. Web site: Komunat në rajonin e Ferizajt. Gjiganti.com. 7 October 2017.
4. Web site: Komunat në rajonin e Gjakovës. Gjiganti.com. 7 October 2017.
5. Web site: Komunat në rajonin e Gjilanit. Gjiganti.com. 7 October 2017.
6. Web site: Komunat në rajonin e Mitrovicës. Gjiganti.com. 7 October 2017.
7. Web site: Komunat në rajonin e Pejës. Gjiganti.com. 7 October 2017.
8. Web site: Komunat e Kosovës: Rajoni Kosovë. Gjiganti.com. 7 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729230735/http://www.gjiganti.com/kosova/komunat/prishtine.html. 29 July 2017. dead.
9. Web site: Komunat në rajonin e Prizrenit. Gjiganti.com. 7 October 2017.