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Prizren
NamePrizren
Official nameПризрен / Prizren
Prizren / Prizreni
Settlement typeMunicipality and city
CountryKosovo
DistrictDistrict of Prizren
Population Total221000
TimezoneCET( UTC+1)
Timezone DSTCEST( UTC+2)
Geocode42�13''N 20�44''E
Elevation400m (1312.4 ft)
Postal code20000
Area code+381 29

Prizren ( or Prizreni ) is a historical city located in southern Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the homonymous municipality and district.
The city has a population of around 170,000, mostly Albanians. The municipality has an estimated population of about 221,000 inhabitants, comprising both the town itself and its 76 villages.
Prizren is located on the slopes of the Šar Mountains in the southern part of Kosovo, at 42.23 N 20.74 E Gazetteer. The municipality has a border with both Albania and the Republic of Macedonia.
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Serbia Press Review - March 12 - BalkanInsight.com Tweet this news

BalkanInsight.com--Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic has announced that Monk Simeon Vilovski, suspected of abusing his post in the Diocese of Raska and -Prizren-, ...
Date : Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:41:29 GMT+00:00

Vicar accused of embezzlement arrested in Greece - B92 Tweet this news

B92--BELGRADE -- SPC Vicar Simeon Vilovski, suspected of embezzlement in the Raška--Prizren- Eparchy has been arrested in Greece. This was confirmed today by ...
Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:24:17 GMT+00:00

Bishop's associate arrested - B92 Tweet this news

B92--Earlier today, Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said that the police had started an investigation into irregularities that occurred in the Raška--Prizren- ...
Date : Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:33:34 GMT+00:00

Kosovo Press Review - February 26 - BalkanInsight.com Tweet this news

BalkanInsight.com--Kosovo's premier announced yesterday that in addition to establishing a university in -Prizren-, the government is planning to establish universities in ...
Date : Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:03:16 GMT+00:00

Austria to be the main partner for the new University of Prizren - ECIKS.org Tweet this news

ECIKS.org--Minister Hoxhaj is confident that the University of -Prizren- will open its doors in October of this year and will offer students the possibility of studies ...
Date : Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:55:29 GMT+00:00

Warrant out for bishop's assistant - B92 Tweet this news

B92---...- used for reconstructing monasteries in Kosovo. SPC Eparchy of Raška--Prizren- Bishop Artemije was suspended from his duties earlier this month over the case.---
Date : Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:29:13 GMT+00:00

Chemical Brothers to Perform in Prizren - BalkanInsight.com Tweet this news

BalkanInsight.com--Now, it has emerged, that they will be able to issue the rallying call in person as they play to a huge crowd in -Prizren- this summer. ...
Date : Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:52:09 GMT+00:00

Kosovo: Desecrated church reopens - B92 Tweet this news

B92---PRIZREN- -- An Orthodox Serb church destroyed in the March 2004 violence in Kosovo has been consecrated in -Prizren-. The church, dedicated to St. George, ...
Date : Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:06:36 GMT+00:00

Serbian ministry eyes bishop's colleagues in financial frauds - Journal of Turkish Weekly Tweet this news

Journal of Turkish Weekly--The money -- donated to the Raska--Prizren- Eparchy for soup kitchens in Kosovo -- allegedly went instead to support the luxurious lifestyles of the bishop's ...
Date : Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:42:28 GMT+00:00

Flourishing Schools Expand Opportunities for Kosovo's Children - ReliefWeb (press release) Tweet this news

ReliefWeb (press release)--A student at Leke Dukagjini elementary, the foreign language school in the town of -Prizren-, Kosovo, she happily shows off the new electronic equipment that ...
Date : Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:25:10 GMT+00:00


Year Albanians % Bosniak % Serb % Turk % Roma % Others % Total
1991 cens. 132,591 75.6 19,423 11.1 10,950 6.2 7,227 4.1 3,96 3 2.3 1,259 0.7 175,413
1998 n/a n/a 38,500 n/a 8,839 n/a 12,250 n/a 4,500 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Jan. 2000 181,531 76.9 37,500 15.9 258 0.1 12,250 5.2 4,500 1.9 n/a n/a 236,000
March 2001 181,748 81.9 22,000 9.9 252 0.1 12,250 5.5 5,424 2.4 n/a n/a 221,674
May 2002 182,000 79.6 29,369 12.8 197 0.09 11,965 5.2 4,400 1.9 550 0.25 228,481
Dec. 2002 180,176 81.6 21,266 9.6 221 0.09 14,050 6.4 5,148 2.3 n/a n/a 221,374
Source: For 1991: Census data, Federal Office of Statistics in Serbia (figures to be considered as unreliable). 1998 and 2000 minority figures from UNHCR in Prizren, January 2000. 2000 Kosovo Albanian figure is an unofficial OSCE estimate January-March 2000. 2001 figures come from German KFOR, UNHCR and IOM last update March 2, 2001. May 2002 statistics are joint UN, UNHCR, KFOR, and OSCE approximations. December 2002 figures are based on survey by the Local Community Office. All figures are estimates.&
Ref: OSCE .pdf



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