Prizren District (Serbia)

The Prizren District (Albanian: Distrikti i Prizrenit; Serbian: Призренски округ/Prizrenski okrug, pronounced [prîzrenskiː ôkruːɡ]) was a district in southern Kosovo and Metohija between 1990 and 1999. It had a population of 376,085. The seat of the district was in the city of Prizren.

For the district of the Republic of Kosovo, see District of Prizren.
Prizrenski okrug
Призренски округ
District of Serbia
Location of Prizren District (Serbia) in Serbia
Country Serbia
CapitalPrizren
Population
 (2002 census)
 • Total376,085
ISO 3166 codeRS-27
Municipalities5

Kosovo has since declared independence, but the Serbian government rejects such a motion, continuing its claim over Kosovo in accordance with UNSCR 1244.

Municipalities
A map of Kosovo's districts at the time

It included the municipalities of:

Culture and history

The Church of Our Lady of Ljeviš, in Prizren, is the endowment of King Milutin, along with the Archbishop Sava III. It was built in 1307.

Prizren is also distinguished by other churches, such as: the Church of Holy Salvation (est. 1348), the Church of St. Nicholas (est. 1332), the Church of Prince Marko (est. 1371), and Assembly Church of St. George from the second half of the 19th century.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, during Ottoman rule, mosques, hammams, and madrasas flowered throughout Prizren and its surroundings. The Mosque of Bajrakli Gazi Mehmed-Pasha is the earliest establishment of Islamic architecture in Prizren. It was built in 1561, and still safeguards books in Arabic and Turkish to this day, including a Quran from 1312.

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References

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