Pristina Municipality

Pristina Municipality (Albanian: Komuna e Prishtinës; Serbian: Opština Priština, Serbian Cyrillic: Општина Приштина) is a municipality in the district of Pristina in Kosovo. The municipality has a population of 198,897 people within an area of 523.13 km2 (201.98 sq mi).[1][2]

This article is about the municipality in Kosovo. For other uses, see Pristina (disambiguation).
Pristina Municipality
Municipality
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Map of Kosovo with Pristina highlighted
Country Kosovo
DistrictPristina
CapitalPristina
Government
 • MayorPërparim Rama (LDK)
Area
 • Total523.13 km2 (201.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipality
198,897
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+383 (0)38
Vehicle registration01
Websitekk.rks-gov.net/prishtine

Demography

The Kosovo Agency of Statistics (ASK) estimated the municipality's population in 2011 at 198,897.[1] As of the 2011 Census, in terms of ethnicity, the municipality was 97.77% Albanian, 1.08% Turkish, 0.28% Ashkali, 0.22% Serbian, 0.2% Bosniak, 0.1% Gorani and 0.03% Romani.[3] By language, 98.09% spoke Albanian as a first language. Other spoken languages were Turkish (1.04%), Serbian (0.25%) and Romani (0.03%).[3] By religion, there were 193,474 (97.27%) Muslims, 1,170 (0.59%) Roman Catholics, 480 (0.24%) Orthodox, 344 (0.17%) of other religions and 660 (0.33%) irreligious.[3]

References
  1. "Estimation of Kosovo population 2011" (PDF). Pristina: Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës (ASK). February 2013. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  2. "Komisioni për majten e territorit të Republikës së Kosovës" (PDF) (in Albanian). Prime Minister Office of Kosovo. p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  3. "Regjistrimi i Popullsisë, Ekonomive Familjare dhe Banesave në Kosovë 2011–Rezultatet përfundimtare" (PDF) (in Albanian). Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës (ASK). pp. 143–149. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

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