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Kosovo
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Косово и Метохија - Kosovo i Metohija
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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 me okupim (1946-1968), pastaj një krahinë autonome e Republikës Socialiste Federale të Jugosllavisë (1968-1989), krahinë e okupuar e Republikës së Serbisë (1989-1999), më vonë është vënë nën administrim të Kombeve të Bashkuara, gjegjësisht nën Misionin e Kombeve të Bashkuara në Kosovë (UNMIK) prej qershorit 1999, ndërsa tani që nga 17 Shkurti 2008 është shtet i pavarur i njohur ndërkombëtarisht nga demokracitë më të mëdha botërore.
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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.
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Kosovo -
Kosovo is a region in southern ► Europe. Part of the medieval Serbia, it 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 unilateral secession of Kosovo, and considers it a UN-governed entity within its sovereign territory.
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Kosovo |
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Autonomous province of Serbia under UN Protectorate since 1999 / Self-proclaimed country since 2008 |
| Location |
South East Europe |
| Capital |
Prishtinë (Prishtina)
Приштина - Priština |
| Population |
2 million inhabitants |
| Area |
10,887 km² |
| Major languages |
Albanian, Serbian (official) |
| Major religions |
Islam, Serbian Orthodoxy |
| More information |
Kosovo, Geography of Kosovo, History of Kosovo and Politics of Kosovo |
| More images |
Kosovo - Kosovo (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of Kosovo |
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Map of Kosovo |
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Topographic map of Republic of Kosovo |
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Map of Kosovo |
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Map of Kosovo |
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Blank map of Kosovo |
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Blank map of Kosovo |
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Blank map of Kosovo |
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Blank map of Kosovo |
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Flag map of Kosovo |
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Flag map of Kosovo |
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Flag map of Kosovo |
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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.
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Illyrian ethnogenesis |
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Prehistoric Illyrians |
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Illyrian lands in the Balkans |
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Illyrian lands in the Balkans |
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Illyrian lands in the Balkans |
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Dardanians in the Balkans |
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Dardanians in the Balkans |
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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 |
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Illyrian Kingdom of Agron (250 - 230 BC) |
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Illyrian Kingdom of Teuta (230 - 228 BC) |
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Illyrian kingdoms of Illyria and Dardania (3rd century BC, around 230 BC) |
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Roman Client state governed by Demetrius of Pharos (228 - 220 BC) |
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Illyrian Kingdom of Gentius 181 - 168 BC |
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Kingdom of Dardania, 3rd-1st century BC |
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Dardani in 6 AD |
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Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present-day territory of Kosovo |
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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)
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Camps of the Roman Legions in 80 |
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Dardania inside the Roman province of Moesia Superior |
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Dardania in the Roman province of Moesia Superior from an old 1820 map |
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Dardania in the Roman province of Moesia Superior from an old 1830 map |
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Dardania in the Roman province of Moesia Superior from an old 1865 map |
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Territory of emperor Galerius during the Tetrarchy |
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Prefecture of Illyricum, 4th century |
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Prefecture of Illyricum, 4th century |
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Prefecture of Illyricum, 4th century |
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Roman province of Dardania, 4th century |
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The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
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Dardania province in the central Balkans in the Late Roman Empire |
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Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500 |
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Division of the Roman Empire in 406 |
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Eastern Roman Empire |
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Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus |
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Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus |
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Byzantine province of Dardania in the 6th century |
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Byzantine province of Dardania in the 6th century |
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Albanians in 5th-10th century |
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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) |
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The Byzantine Empire under Basil II, c. 1025 |
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Byzantine Empire 1025 |
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Map of the Byzantine Empire under Manuel Komnenos, c.1170. |
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Byzantine Empire 1180 |
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The region in 1265 |
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The region in 1265 |
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Medieval Serbian states |
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The region in 1355 |
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Realm of Vuk Branković in the 14th century |
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Realm of Vuk Branković in the 14th century |
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Realm of Vuk Branković in the 14th century |
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The region in 1400 |
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire |
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Development of the European part of the Ottoman Empire |
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire |
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Patriarchate of Peć (16th-17th century) |
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Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683 |
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Balkans after 1856 |
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Vilayet of Kosovo 1858-1878 |
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Sanjak of Novibazar 1878 |
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Albanian vilayet, proposed by the League of Prizren in 1878 |
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Albanian vilayet, proposed by the League of Prizren in 1878 |
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Albanian vilayet, proposed by the League of Prizren in 1878 |
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Vilayet of Kosovo 1881-1912 |
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Vilayet of Kosovo in 1900 |
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Vilayet of Kosovo in 1905 |
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Vilayet of Kosovo in 1905 |
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Serbian conquest in 1912 |
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Kingdom of Serbia in 1913 |
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Kingdom of Serbia in 1913 |
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Kosovo in World War I |
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Kingdom of Serbia in 1918, inclusive Kosovo |
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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 |
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Kosovo in 1941 |
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Kosovo in 1941 |
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Kosovo in 1941 |
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Kosovo in 1941 |
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Kosovo in 1943 |
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Kosovo in 1941 |
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Kosovo in 1941 |
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Kosovo in 1941-1942 |
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Albania in 1941 (including most of Kosovo) |
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Albania in 1941 (including most of Kosovo) |
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Albania in 1941 (including most of Kosovo) |
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Serbia with Kosovo in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1945-1992 |
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Kosovo in Yugoslavia |
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Kosovo in Yugoslavia |
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Kosovo in Yugoslavia |
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Kosovo in Yugoslavia |
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Kosovo in Yugoslavia |
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Kosovo in Yugoslavia |
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An animated series of maps showing the breakup of the second Yugoslavia |
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Wartime 1991 |
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Wartime 1992 |
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Former Yugoslavia compared with the present borders |
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Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006) |
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Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006) |
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State of Balkania (proposed by Adem Demaçi in 1993) |
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Central Balkans in 1998. |
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Damaged Albanian settlements in Kosovo 1998-1999 |
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Kosovar refugees, april 1999 |
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Significant internally displaced persons encampments in Kosovo in 1999 |
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Map of the Operation Horseshoe, alleged Yugoslav plan to expel the Albanian population of Kosovo |
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Sites in Kosovo where NATO aviation used forbidden munition with depleted uranium during 1999 bombing |
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Map of Serbia and Montenegro |
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Location of the FR of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) before dissolution |
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Kosovo in Serbia and Montenegro |
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KFOR Districts |
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UNMIK map of Kosovo |
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Central Balkans in 2010 (de facto situation). Note: Serbia does not recognizing Independence of Kosovo. |
Ethnic and religion maps
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Ethnic map in 1898 |
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Ethnic map in 1911 |
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Ethnic map in 1911 |
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Ethnic map of the Balkans (1923) |
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Ethnic distribution within Yugoslavia in 1961 (in Serbian) |
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Ethnic map in 1961 |
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Ethnic distribution within Yugoslavia in 1981 (in Serbian) |
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Ethnic map in 1981 |
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Ethnic map in 1991 |
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Ethnic map in 1991 |
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Ethnic map in 1991 |
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Ethnic map in 2005 |
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Ethnic map in 2005 |
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Albanian population in Kosovo in 2005 |
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Roma population in Kosovo in 2005 |
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Gora Region between Kosovo and Albania |
Divisions of Kosovo
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Regions of Kosovo |
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Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Cities and towns of Kosovo |
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North Kosovo |
Politics
International recognition
Proposed Greater Albania
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Proposed Greater Albania |
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Proposed Greater Albania |
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Ethnic groups in proposed Greater Albania |
Serbian context of Kosovo
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Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia (in Serbian) |
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Serbian divisions in Kosovo and Metohija |
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Kosovo in a Serbia context |
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Ethnic map of Serbia |
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Federalized Serbia (proposed by the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina in 1999) |
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New regions in Serbia (proposed by the Democratic Party of Serbia in 2002) |
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New administrative divisions (regions) of Serbia (proposed by the League For Šumadija in 2004) |
Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
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- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
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