Kosovo District

Kosovo District (Serbian: Косовски округ/Kosovski okrug pronounced [kôsoʋskiː ôkruːɡ], Albanian: Distrikti i Kosoves) was a district of Kosovo and Metohija between 1990 and 1999; at that time, Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] was part of Serbia. Kosovo has since declared independence, but from one point of view of the Serbian government the district still exists de jure, despite the fact that Serbian government accepted civil UN administration over Kosovo.

For the districts of the Republic of Kosovo, see District of Pristina and District of Ferizaj.

For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation).

Kosovo District Косовски округ Kosovski okrug
District of Serbia
Location of Kosovo District in Serbia
Country	Serbia
Capital	Pristina
ISO 3166 code	RS-25
Municipalities	9 and 1 city

It was located in the middle and had a population of 672,292. Its capital was Pristina.

Municipalities

The district included the municipalities of:

• Podujevo
• Pristina
• Ferizaj
• Obilić
• Glogovac
• Lipljan
• Kosovo Polje
• Štimlje
• Štrpce
• Kaçanik

• 
  1990-1999
• 
  after 1999

Culture and history

Main article: History of Kosovo

See also: Serbia in the Middle Ages

In the center of Priština stands the Carsi mosque (Tas mosque), built after the Battle of Kosovo. In the immediate vicinity of Priština there is the site of a settlement from the Neolithic period, as well as of the Roman settlement of Vicianum. Also near Priština is the Gračanica monastery, the last endowment of the Serbian King Stefan Milutin, built in 1315. Its architecture and fresco painting make it one of the most significant medieval monuments in all Europe. Today it is an active monastery for women, and open to visitors.

Notes

1. Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

See also

• History of Serbia
• History of Kosovo
• Subdivisions of Kosovo

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