District of Pristina

The District of Pristina (Albanian: Rajoni i Prishtinës, Serbian: Приштински округ, Prištinski okrug) is a district in Kosovo. Its seat is the capital city of Pristina.[2] It consists of eight municipalities and 298 villages.[3] According to the 2011 census, the total population of the district is 477,312.

District of Pristina
  • Rajoni i Prishtinës (Albanian)
    Приштински округ / Prištinski okrug (Serbian)
Map of Kosovo with Pristina highlighted
Map of Kosovo with Pristina highlighted
Country Kosovo
Municipalities
CapitalPristina
Area
  Total2,470 km2 (950 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total477,312
  Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
HDI (2018)0.757[1]
high · 1st
Pristina, Kosovo

Municipalities

The district of Pristina has a total of eight municipalities and 298 other smaller settlements:

Municipality Population (2011) Area (km2) Density (km2) Settlements
Pristina 198,897 572 347.7 41
Podujevo 88,499 632 133.5 76
Drenas 58,531 290 201.8 37
Lipjan 57,605 422 136.5 70
Kosovo Polje 34,827 83 419.6 15
Obiliq 21,549 105 205.2 19
Gračanica 10,675 131 81.5 16
Novo Brdo 6,729 204 33.0 24
Pristina District 477,312 2,470 193.2 298

Ethnic groups

In 1991, the municipalities with an Albanian majority were: Pristina (88.63%), Obilić (80.31%), Kosovo Polje (82.63%), Lipjan (79.36%), Podujevo (98.91%), and Drenas (99.87%). The municipality of Novo Brdo had a Serb-Montenegrin majority in 1991 (58.12%).

In the 2011 census, Albanians are the majority in: Pristina (97.8%), Drenas (99.9%), Podujevo (98.9%), Lipjan (94.6%), Obiliq (92.1%), Kosovo Polje (86.9%), and Novo Brdo (52.4%).

Serbs are the majority population in Gračanica municipality with 67.5%.[4]

Gračanica Monastery

Ethnic groups in 2011 census:

Number %
TOTAL 477,302 100
Albanians 451,014 94.5
Serbs 11,885 2.5
Roma (Ashkali) 9,669 2
Turks 2,380 0.5
Bosniaks 601 0.1
Others and no response 1,753 0.4

Postal codes

See also

References

  1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. "District of Prishtina (District of Prishtina), Kosovo". Mindat.org. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  3. "Komunat e Kosovës: Rajoni Kosovë". Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  4. "Kosovo Population and Housing Census 2011- Final Results: Quality Report". United Nations. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2014.

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