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Demographics of Kosovo. 14.6 per 1,000 pop. [3] 7.7 per 1,000 pop. -3.72 per 1,000 pop. The Kosovo Agency of Statistics monitors various demographic features of the population of Kosovo, such as population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo. [205] Its operations are gradually reducing until Kosovo's Security Force, established in 2009, becomes self-sufficient. [206] KFOR entered Kosovo on 12 June 1999, [207] one day after the United Nations Security Council adopted the UNSC Resolution 1244.
Pristina is the capital and the economic, financial, political and trade center of Kosovo, due to its location in the center of the country. It is the seat of power of the Government of Kosovo, the residences for work of the President and Prime Minister of Kosovo, and the Parliament of Kosovo.
According to some data processed later in 94 settlements of Pristina were 13,389 households with 76,477 inhabitants. According to the 1991 Serbian census and estimates, Pristina Municipality had 295,093 inhabitants of which 161,314 or 78.7% Albanians, 27,293 or 13.3% Serbs, 3,888 or 1.9% Montenegrins, 202 or 1% Turks, or 6,626 3.2% Romani.
According to Aram Andonyan and Zavren Biberyan, in 1908, the Kosovo Vilayet, which included modern Kosovo and the northwestern part of modern North Macedonia, had a total population of 908,115, of which the largest group were Albanians with 46,1%, followed by Bulgarians at 29.1%, Serbs at 12.4% and Turks at 9.8%.
The cities and towns in Kosovo belong to the following size ranges in terms of the number of inhabitants: 1 city larger than 150,000: Pristina. 2 cities from 50,000 to 100,000: Gjilan and Prizren. 9 cities from 15,000 to 50,000: Ferizaj, Fushë Kosovë, Gjakova, Mitrovica, Peja, Podujeva, Rahovec, and Vushtrri.
North Kosovo consists of four municipalities, Leposavić, Zvečan, Zubin Potok and North Mitrovica. It covers 1,007 km 2 (389 sq. mi.), or 9.97% of Kosovo's land area. [35] Owing to its border with Serbia proper, North Kosovo is not, strictly speaking, a "Serb enclave" or "Serb exclave".
A municipality (Albanian: komuna; Serbian: општина / opština) is the basic administrative division in Kosovo and constitutes the only level of power in local governance. [1] There are 38 municipalities in Kosovo; 27 of which have an Albanian ethnic majority, 10 Serb and 1 Turkish. After the 2013 Brussels Agreement, signed by the ...