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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.
Kosovo is a landlocked country in Southeastern Europe. The country is strategically positioned in the center of the Balkan Peninsula enclosed by Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the southeast, and Albania to the southwest. It has no direct access to the Mediterranean Sea but its rivers flow into three ...
Low: White Drin 297 m (974 ft) Land boundaries: 702 km. Serbia proper, 352 km. North Macedonia 159 km. Albania 112 km. Montenegro 79 km. Coastline: none. Area of Kosovo: 10,908 km 2. Atlas of Kosovo.
Districts of Kosovo. A District (Albanian: Qark or Rajon; Serbian: Округ / Okrug or Дистрикт / Distrikt, or Регион / Region) is the highest level of administrative divisions of Kosovo. [2][3] The districts of Kosovo are based on the 2000 Reform of the UNMIK -Administration.
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.
Map of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. The Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (Serbian: Косово и Метохиja, romanized: Kosovo i Metohija, Albanian: Kosova dhe Metohia), commonly known as Kosovo (Serbian: Косово, Albanian: Kosova) and abbreviated to Kosmet (from Kosovo and Metohija; Serbian: Космет) or KiM (Serbian: КиМ), is an autonomous ...
Map showing banovinas (Yugoslav provinces) in 1929. Kosovo is shown as part of the Zeta and Vardar banovinas. Following the Balkan Wars (1912–13) and the Treaties of London and Bucharest, which led to the Ottoman loss of most of the Balkans, Kosovo was governed as an integral part of the Kingdom of Serbia, while its western part by the Kingdom of Montenegro.
A map published by French ethnographer G. Lejean [45] in 1861 shows that Albanians lived on around 57% of Kosovo Vilayet while a similar map, published by British travellers G. M. Mackenzie and A. P. Irby [45] in 1867 shows slightly less; these maps don't show which population was larger overall. Nevethless, maps cannot be used to measure ...