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Косово и Метохија - Kosovo i Metohija
Kosova

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 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.

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 - Republic of Kosovo

Kosovo is a province/country in southern ► Serbia/► Europe which has been under United Nations administration since 1999. The province is governed by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the local Provisional Institutions of Self-Government, with security provided by the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR). As of June 2008, its independence is recognised by 43 countries, including the USA, France and the United Kingdom. Kosovo borders ► Montenegro, ► Albania, ► Serbia and the ► Republic of Macedonia. The mountainous state's capital and largest city is Priština. Kosovo has a population of around two million people, predominately ethnic Albanians, with smaller populations of Serbs, Turks, Bosniaks and other ethnic groups.


Short name  Kosovo
Official  name Republic of Kosovo
Status Autonomous province of Serbia under UN Protectorate since 1999 / Selfproclaimed 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).

General maps

Kosovo map-en.svg Map of Kosovo
UTkosovo rel small 92.jpg Map of Kosovo
Kosovo-CIA WFB Map.png Map of Kosovo, from the CIA World Factbook
Kosovo kart.jpg Map of Kosovo
Kosovo 2008 map.gif Map of Kosovo
Kosovo outline.svg Blank map of Kosovo
000 Kosova harta.PNG Blank map of Kosovo
Kosovo map blank.png Blank map of Kosovo
Kosovo map modern.png Blank map of Kosovo
KosovoFlagMap.svg Flag map of Kosovo
Kosovo1 stub.PNG Flag map of Kosovo
Kosovo stub.png Flag map of Kosovo
Map2344.png 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.

IllyrianethnogenesisS.jpg Illyrian ethnogenesis
PrehistoricIllyriansMap.jpg Prehistoric Illyrians
Grcka kolonizacija 550 st. ere.jpg Illyrian lands in the Balkans
Illyrian colonies in Italy 550 BCE.jpg Illyrian lands in the Balkans
Illyrians.jpg Illyrian lands in the Balkans
Celts.png Dardanians in the Balkans
DardaniaMapLocation.jpg Dardanians in the Balkans
Dardania kingdom.png Kingdom of Dardania, 3rd-1st century BC
IllyricumAD6RomanConditionofTribes.png Dardani in 6 AD
Roman expansion 264 BC Shepherd.jpg Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present-day territory of Kosovo
Roman Empire.png 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)
Roman Legions camps - AD 80.png Camps of the Roman Legions in 80
Romia Imperio.png Map of the Roman Empire in 116
Roman empire.png Roman Empire in 117
Roman empire 395.jpg 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.
Theodosius I's empire.png The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
Praevalitana in the Roman Emp.jpg Dardania province in the central Balkans in the Late Roman Empire
Prefecture.png Prefecture of Illyricum, 4th century
450s.PNG Prefecture of Illyricum, 4th century
Invasions of the Roman Empire 1.png Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500
Karte völkerwanderung.jpg Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500
Rome406.jpeg Division of the Roman Empire in 406
628px-Western and Eastern Roman Empires 476AD(3).PNG Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire, c.476
EasternRomanEmpire.png Eastern Roman Empire
Justinien 527-565.svg Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
Justinian Byzanz.png Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
Byzantium550.png Byzantine Empire 550
Dardania and kosovo.png Byzantine province of Dardania in the 6th century
Romanian origins map.PNG Albanians in 5th-10th century
Byzantium1025.jpg The Byzantine Empire under Basil II, c. 1025
Map Byzantine Empire 1025-fr.svg Byzantine Empire 1025
Byzantiumforecrusades.PNG The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Alexios I Komnenos, c. 1081
Byzantium in 1170(3).PNG Map of the Byzantine Empire under Manuel Komnenos, c.1170.
Manuel'sEmpire.png Byzantine Empire 1180
ShepherdByzempire1265.jpg The region in 1265
ByzantineEmpire1265.svg The region in 1265
Serbia boundaries CIA.jpg Medieval Serbian states
Byzantine empire 1355.jpg The region in 1355
Realm of Brankovic.png Realm of Vuk Branković in the 14th century
La Serbie du debut du regne de Lazar.jpg Realm of Vuk Branković in the 14th century
Byzantium1400.png The region in 1400
Ottoman small animation.gif Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Meyers b15 s0924a.jpg Development of the European part of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman empire 1481-1683.jpg Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman1566.gif Map of the Ottoman Empire 1566
Pecka patrijarsija mapa.png Patriarchate of Peć (16th-17th century)
Ottoman 1683.png Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683
OttomanEmpire1801.jpg Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801
Balkans1912.jpg Balkans after 1856
Kosovo02.png Vilayet of Kosovo 1858-1878
Sanjak of Novibazar.png Sanjak of Novibazar 1878
Albanski vilajet.gif Albanian vilayet, proposed by the League of Prizren in 1878
Kosovo03.png Vilayet of Kosovo 1881-1912
Srpska osvajanja 1912.png Serbian conquest in 1912
Serbia1913.png Kingdom of Serbia in 1913
Mapa Srbije 1913 god.PNG Kingdom of Serbia in 1913
Serbia-WW1-3.jpg Kosovo in World War I
Serbia1918.png Kingdom of Serbia in 1918, inclusive Kosovo
Banovine kj.jpg 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 1941.png Kosovo in 1941
Cartina occupazione Jugoslavia.jpg Kosovo in 1941
WW2 Yugoslavia occupation.jpg Kosovo in 1941
Yugoslavia 1941.png Kosovo in 1941
Western Balkans 1942.2008.png Kosovo in 1941-1942
Greater albania.JPG Albania in 1941 (including most of Kosovo)
SFRYugoslaviaNumbered.png Serbia with Kosovo in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1945-1992
SAP Kosovo.png Kosovo in Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia map sr.svg Kosovo in Yugoslavia
Jugo kort.jpg Kosovo in Yugoslavia
Jugoslavia-kart.png Kosovo in Yugoslavia
Yugo template.png Kosovo in Yugoslavia
Republiken Jugoslawiens 1945-1991.png Kosovo in Yugoslavia
Breakup of Yugoslavia.gif An animated series of maps showing the breakup of the second Yugoslavia
Former Yugoslavia durning war.svg Wartime 1991
Former Yugoslavia wartime.png Wartime 1992
Former Yugoslavia 2006.png Former Yugoslavia compared with the present borders
Scg01.png 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
Scg02.png Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006)
SerbiaMontenegro-Serbia.png Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006)
Yugoslaviamap.png Map of Serbia and Montenegro
LocationSerbiaAndMontenegro.png Location of the FR of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) before dissolution
Kosovo in the region.png Kosovo in Serbia and Montenegro
KFOR Sectors 2002.jpg KFOR Districts
UNMIK map.png UNMIK map of Kosovo

Ethnic and religion maps

Albania-ethnique1898.jpg Ethnic map in 1898
EthnicAlbania1911.jpg Ethnic map in 1911
[[|border|250x400px]] Ethnic distribution within Yugoslavia in 1961 (in Serbian)
[[|border|250x400px]] Ethnic distribution within Yugoslavia in 1981 (in Serbian)
Yugoslav ethnic map 2.jpg Ethnic map in 1981
Yugoslavia ethnic map.jpg Ethnic map in 1991
Bevoelkerungsgruppen-Jugoslawien.png Ethnic map in 1991
Kosovo ethnic.png Ethnic map in 1991
Kosovo ethnic 2005.png Ethnic map in 2005
Kosovo ethnic map 2005-de.svg Ethnic map in 2005
Kosovo Roma.PNG Roma population in Kosovo in 2005
Gora Region between Kosovo and Albania.png Gora Region between Kosovo and Albania

Divisions of Kosovo

Regions of Kosovo 2008.png Regions of Kosovo
KosovoCities.png Districts of Kosovo
002006 Kumunat e Kosovës NR.PNG Municipalities of Kosovo
Kosovo admin.svg Municipalities of Kosovo
Kosovo adm small 98.jpg Municipalities of Kosovo
Kosovo political.jpg Municipalities of Kosovo
Kosovo municipalities.svg Municipalities of Kosovo
Municipalities of Kosovo 2008-2.png Municipalities of Kosovo
Kosovo Blank Map.svg Municipalities of Kosovo
Kosovo location map.svg Municipalities of Kosovo
Kosovo-Municipalities.png Cities and towns of Kosovo
North Kosovo.png North Kosovo

Politics

International recognition

CountriesRecognizingKosovo.png States which have officially recognized independent Kosovo (map changes requently) (also available as SVG: Image:CountriesRecognizingKosovo.svg)
Kosovo relations.svg An interpretation of international recognition (map changes frequently) (also available as PNG: Image:Kosovo_relations.png)
Kosovo relations2.svg A different interpretation of international recognition (map changes frequently) (also available as PNG: Image:Kosovo_relations2.png)

Proposed Greater Albania

Storalbanien.gif Proposed Greater Albania
Ethnic albania.jpg Proposed Greater Albania
Presence of Albanians in "Greater Albania".png Ethnic groups in proposed Greater Albania

Serbian context of Kosovo

The position of Kosovo within Serbia.PNG Kosovo within Serbia, see also Atlas of Serbia
Map of Serbia (Kosovo and Metohija).PNG Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia (in Serbian)
M kosovo02.png Serbian divisions in Kosovo and Metohija
Serbia boundaries CIA.jpg Kosovo in a Serbia context
Serbia ethnic02.png Ethnic map of Serbia
Serbia lsv.png Federalized Serbia (proposed by the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina in 1999)
Serbia dss.png New regions in Serbia (proposed by the Democratic Party of Serbia in 2002)
M serbia06.png New administrative divisions (regions) of Serbia (proposed by the League For Šumadija in 2004)

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