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Kosovo



Kosovo

Shqip Kosova

Kosova, është shtet në jugperëndim të Ballkanit dhe kufizohet në veri me Serbinë, në jug me Maqedoninë dhe në përendim me Republikën e Shqipërisë dhe Malin e Zi. Kosova ishte një krahinë e Republikës së Serbisë (1946-1968), pastaj një krahinë autonome e Republikës Socialiste Federale të Jugosllavisë (1968-1989), krahinë e Republikës së Serbisë (1989-1999), më vonë është vënë nën administrim të Kombeve të Bashkuara, gjegjësisht nën Misionin e Kombeve të Bashkuara në Dardani(UNMIK) prej qershorit 1999, ndërsa tani që nga 17 Shkurti 2008 është shtet i pavarur i njohur ndërkombëtarisht nga demokracitë më të mëdha botërore.

Српски Косово и Метохија - Аутономна Покрајина Косово и Метохија / Autonomna Pokrajina Kosovo i Mehohija

Косово и Метохија (скраћено: Космет или КиМ) је аутономна покрајина у саставу Републике Србије[1]. Покрајина се налази у јужном делу земље и граничи се са Албанијом, Републиком Македонијом, Црном Гором и централном Србијом. На Косову и Метохији живи нешто више од 2 милиона становника, већину чине Албанци, као и мање Српско становништво. Службени језици су српски, албански и енглески језик, а главни град покрајине је Приштина.

English Kosovo - Kosovo

Kosovo is a region in southern ► Europe. Prior to Slav expansion, this region was named Dardania, after the Illyrian tribe of Dardani, which the Albanians controversially propagate as "their ancient form of Proto-Albanians", to justify their irredentist claims in the modern lands with significant ethnic albanian population. So far, the theory has only gained popularity due to the propaganda, and doesn’t have a scientific basis on it’s own, and remains a limp hypothesis. During the medieval era, Serbia founded a Serbian Kingdom that had extended to Kosovo and beyond. The Serbian Kingdom was then conquered by the Ottoman Empire, later incorporated into ► Serbia after the First Balkan War and before the constitution of Yugoslavia, later still it became the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia. Following the Kosovo War, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) relinquished governance of this territory, whose governance was taken over by the United Nations, Kosovo remained legally the sovereign territory of the FRY after the transfer of authority. The partially recognised Republic of Kosovo, a self-declared independent state, has de facto control over most of the territory, while North Kosovo, the largest Kosovo Serb enclave, is under the control of institutions of the Republic of Serbia. Serbia does not recognise the independence of Kosovo and considers it a UN-governed entity within its sovereign territory.


Short name  Kosovo
Official name Kosovo
Status Republic of Kosovo, not UN member, recognized by 108 UN members.
Location South East Europe
Capital Pristina (Priština, Prishtinë)
Population 1,795,666 inhabitants
Area 10,887 square kilometres (4,203 sq mi)
Major languages Albanian, Serbian (official)
Major religions Islam, Catholicism, Serbian Orthodoxy, Agnostic
More information Kosovo, Geography of Kosovo, History of Kosovo and Politics of Kosovo
More images Kosovo - Kosovo (Category).

General maps

Map of Kosovo
Map of Kosovo
Map of Kosovo, from the CIA World Factbook
Topographic map of Kosovo
Map of Kosovo
Map of Kosovo
Map of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo, as recognized by some countries
Map of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija in Serbia, as recognized by other countries
Blank map of Kosovo
Blank map of Kosovo
Blank map of Kosovo
Blank map of Kosovo
Flag map of Kosovo
Flag map of Kosovo
Flag map of Kosovo
Geographical regions of Kosovo

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Kosovo, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Kosovo.

Illyrian ethnogenesis
Prehistoric Illyrians
Iron Age Glasinac culture (around 300 BC)
Ethnic territory of the Illyrians and Illyrian tribes (8th-3rd century BC)
Illyrian lands in the Balkans
Illyrian lands in the Balkans
Illyrian lands in the Balkans
Illyrians, Illyria Barbara, Illyria Graeca, Illyrians Proper and Environs
Approximate extent of the Illyrian territories prior to Roman conquest
Dardanians in the Balkans
[[|border|251x400px]] Dardanians in the Balkans
Map of Dionysius of Syracuse's military attempts to place Alcetas in the throne of the Molossians (385 BC) - army of Illyrian / Dardanian king Bardyllis also participated in this military intervention
History of Kosovo, Classical antiquity compared to modern borders
Illyrian Kingdom of Agron (250 - 230 BC)
Illyrian Kingdom of Teuta (230 - 228 BC)
228 BC Adriatic Coast)
228 BC Illyrian & Dardanian Kingdoms)
230 BC Adriatic Coast)
230 BC Illyrian & Dardanian Kingdoms)
230-228 BC Teuta's Kingdom)
228-220 BC Roman Client state governed by Demetrius of Pharos)
237 BC Adriatic Coast)
250-230 BC Agron's Kingdom)
Illyrian kingdoms of Illyria and Dardania (3rd century BC, around 230 BC)
Roman Client state governed by Demetrius of Pharos (228 - 220 BC)
[[|border|251x400px]] Illyrian Kingdom of Gentius 181 - 168 BC
Kingdom of Dardania, 3rd-1st century BC
Ancient Dardania
Dardanian Kingdom in relation to later Roman Provinces
Dardani in 6 AD
Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present-day territory of Kosovo
The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;
 
133 BC
 
44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)
 
AD 14 (death of Augustus)
 
117 (maximum extension)
Camps of the Roman Legions in 80
Map of the Roman Empire in 116
Roman Empire in 117
Dardania inside the Roman province of Moesia Superior
Dardania in the Roman province of Moesia Superior from an old 1820 map
Dardania in the Roman province of Moesia Superior from an old 1830 map
Dardania in the Roman province of Moesia Superior from an old 1865 map
Territory of emperor Galerius during the Tetrarchy
Prefecture of Illyricum, 4th century
Prefecture of Illyricum, 4th century
Prefecture of Illyricum, 4th century
Roman province of Dardania, 4th century
Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarch zones of influence after Diocletian's reforms.
The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
Dardania province in the central Balkans in the Late Roman Empire
Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500
Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500
Division of the Roman Empire in 406
Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire, c.476
Eastern Roman Empire
Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
Byzantine Empire 550
Byzantine province of Dardania in the 6th century
Albanians in 5th-10th century
Ethnic groups in Kosovo, 6th-8th century (according to the historical atlas for schools, published in Belgrade in 1970, representing a view of Yugoslav historians from that time)
The Byzantine Empire under Basil II, c. 1025
Byzantine Empire 1025
Religion map of the territory of present-day Kosovo in 1054
The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Alexios I Komnenos, c. 1081
Map of the Byzantine Empire under Manuel Komnenos, c.1170.
Byzantine Empire 1180
The region in 1265
The region in 1265
Medieval Serbian states
The region in 1355
Map of the Serbian Empire in 1360 with territory ruled by Branković family
Realm of Vuk Branković in the 14th century
Realm of Vuk Branković in the 14th century
Realm of Vuk Branković in the 14th century
The region in 1400
Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Development of the European part of the Ottoman Empire
Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman territories in 1455
[[|border|251x400px]] Map of the Ottoman Empire 1566
Patriarchate of Peć (16th-17th century)
Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683
Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801
Balkans after 1856
Vilayet of Kosovo 1858-1878
Sanjak of Novibazar 1878
Albanian vilayet, proposed by the League of Prizren in 1878
Albanian vilayet, proposed by the League of Prizren in 1878
Albanian vilayet, proposed by the League of Prizren in 1878
Vilayet of Kosovo 1881-1912
Vilayet of Kosovo in 1900
Vilayet of Kosovo in 1905
Vilayet of Kosovo in 1905
Serbian conquest in 1912
Kingdom of Serbia in 1913
Kingdom of Serbia in 1913
Kosovo in World War I
Kingdom of Serbia in 1918, inclusive Kosovo
[[|border|251x400px]] After World War I, Serbia became in 1918 part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, renamed into Yugoslavia in 1929. This is a map of Yugoslavia in 1930
Kosovo in 1941
Kosovo in 1941
Kosovo in 1941
Kosovo in 1941
Kosovo in 1943
Kosovo in 1941
Kosovo in 1941-1942
Albania in 1941 (including most of Kosovo)
Albania in 1941 (including most of Kosovo)
Kosovo in Yugoslavia
Kosovo in Yugoslavia
Kosovo in Yugoslavia
Kosovo in Yugoslavia
Kosovo in Yugoslavia
Kosovo in Yugoslavia
An animated series of maps showing the breakup of the second Yugoslavia
Wartime 1991
Wartime 1992
Former Yugoslavia compared with the present borders
After the secession of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia, Serbia (with Kosovo) and Montenegro continued as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, renamed in 2003 into Serbia and Montenegro
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006)
State of Balkania (proposed by Adem Demaçi in 1993)
Central Balkans in 1998.
Damaged Albanian settlements in Kosovo 1998-1999
Kosovar refugees, april 1999
Significant internally displaced persons encampments in Kosovo in 1999
Map of the Operation Horseshoe, alleged Yugoslav plan to expel the Albanian population of Kosovo
Sites in Kosovo where NATO aviation used forbidden munition with depleted uranium during 1999 bombing
Map of Serbia and Montenegro
Location of the FR of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) before dissolution
Kosovo in Serbia and Montenegro
KFOR Districts
UNMIK map of Kosovo
Central Balkans in 2010 (de facto situation). Note: Serbia does not recognizing Independence of Kosovo.
Association of Serb municipalities (2013).

Ethnic and religion maps

  Ethnic map in 1898
  Ethnic map in 1911
  Ethnic map in 1911
  Ethnic map of the Balkans (1923)
  Ethnic map in 1961
  Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1961
  Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1961
  Share of Serbs on Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1961
  Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1971
  Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1971
  Share of Albanians on Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1971
  Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1981
  Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1981
  Share of Albanians on Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1981
  Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1991
  Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1991
  Religious structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1991
  Ethnic map in 1991
  Ethnic map in 1991
  Ethnic map in 1991
  Ethnic map in 2005
  Ethnic map in 2005
  Albanian population in Kosovo in 2005
  Roma population in Kosovo in 2005
  Gora Region between Kosovo and Albania

Divisions of Kosovo

  Regions of Kosovo
  Districts of Kosovo
  Municipalities of Kosovo
  Municipalities of Kosovo
  Municipalities of Kosovo
  Municipalities of Kosovo
  Municipalities of Kosovo
  Municipalities of Kosovo
  Municipalities of Kosovo
  Municipalities of Kosovo
  Cities and towns of Kosovo
  North Kosovo

Politics

International recognition

  States which have officially recognized independent Kosovo (map changes requently) (also available as SVG: Image:CountriesRecognizingKosovo.svg)
  An interpretation of international recognition (map changes frequently) (also available as PNG: Image:Kosovo_relations.png)
  A different interpretation of international recognition (map changes frequently) (also available as PNG: Image:Kosovo_relations2.png)

Albanian context of Kosovo

  Proposition of an ethnically accurate Albanian state

Serbian context of Kosovo

  Kosovo within Serbia, see also Atlas of Serbia
  Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia (in Serbian)
  Serbian divisions in Kosovo and Metohija
  Kosovo in a Serbia context
  Ethnic map of Serbia
  Federalized Serbia (proposed by the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina in 1999)
  New regions in Serbia (proposed by the Democratic Party of Serbia in 2002)
  New administrative divisions (regions) of Serbia (proposed by the League For Šumadija in 2004)

Notes and references

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