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It was a prosperous trade city, benefiting from its position on the north-south and east-west trade routes across the Empire. Prizren became one of the larger cities of the Kosovo vilayet . The Ottoman registers from the 15th-16th century indicate that the villages in the Prizren-Has region in Kosovo had a significant Albanian population. [35]
Prizren municipality with an area of 640 km 2 (5.94% of Kosovo’s surface) [2] located in south-western Kosovo has 76 settlements with 220,776 inhabitants of whom 110,000 are Prizren’s local inhabitants. [3] The most populated villages of the municipality of Prizren are: [4] Zhur/Žur (population: 5,909) Korishë/Koriš (population: 5,279)
Kosovo, [a] officially the Republic of Kosovo, [b] is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with partial diplomatic recognition.It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the north and east, and North Macedonia to the southeast.
This is a list of countries with territory that straddles more than one continent, known as transcontinental states or intercontinental states. [1]Contiguous transcontinental countries are states that have one continuous or immediately-adjacent piece of territory that spans a continental boundary, most commonly the line that separates Asia and Europe.
Kosovo location map.svg (by NordNordWest). This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: Central Banat in Serbia (Kosovo semi-independent) (UNMIK).svg (by TUBS ).
According to the 2011 Census, it has a population of 331,670 and an area of 2,024 square km (around 20% of the total area of Kosovo). Albanians form the majority of the district (85%). However, the district of Prizren is home to the biggest Bosniak and Turkish population in Kosovo, who make around 10% of the district's total population. [4]
Kosovo is particularly rich in remote and mountainous landscapes endowed with forests. They are home to a large number of the country's animal species, including many endangered species. Kosovo is one of the rare countries in Europe with populations of rare species, the golden eagle, the brown bear, the grey wolf and the lynx. [17] [18] [19] [20]
Geography of Kosovo. Kosovo is: a landlocked territory; Location: Eastern Hemisphere; Northern Hemisphere. Eurasia. Europe Southern Europe. Balkans (also known as "Southeastern Europe") Time zone: Central European Time , Central European Summer Time ; Extreme points of Kosovo High: Velika Rudoka 2,658 m (8,720 ft) Low: White Drin 297 m (974 ft)