Priština Municipality | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Alt: | Flag of Pristina |
Seal Alt: | Seal of Pristina |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Pristina |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Pristina |
Leader Party: | LDK |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Përparim Rama |
Area Total Km2: | 523.13 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Municipality |
Population Blank1: | 198,897 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Area Code: | +383 (0)38 |
Blank Name: | Vehicle registration |
Blank Info: | 01 |
Priština Municipality (Albanian: Komuna e Prishtinës; Serbian: Opština Priština, Serbian Cyrillic: Општина Приштина) is a municipality in the district of Priština in Kosovo. The municipality has a population of 198,897 people within an area of 523.13km2.[1]
The Kosovo Agency of Statistics (ASK) estimated the municipality's population in 2011 at 198,897.[2] As of the 2011 census, in terms of ethnicity, the municipality was 97.77% Albanian, 1.08% Turkish, 0.28% Ashkali, 0.22% Serbian, 0.2% Bosniak, 0.1% Gorani and 0.03% Romani.[3] By language, 98.09% spoke Albanian as a first language. Other spoken languages were Turkish (1.04%), Serbian (0.25%) and Romani (0.03%).[3] By religion, there were 193,474 (97.27%) Muslims, 1,170 (0.59%) Roman Catholics, 480 (0.24%) Orthodox, 344 (0.17%) of other religions and 660 (0.33%) irreligious.[3]