District of Pristina

District of Pristina
District of Pristina
District
	Map of Kosovo with Pristina highlighted
Country	Kosovo
Municipalities	show 8
Capital	Pristina
Area
• Total	2,470 km2 (950 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	477,312
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
HDI (2018)	0.757; high · 1st

Pristina, Kosovo

The District of Pristina (Albanian: Rajoni i Prishtinës, Serbian: Приштински округ, romanized: Prištinski okrug) is a district in Kosovo.^[a] Its seat is the capital city of Pristina.^[2] It consists of eight municipalities and 298 villages.^[3] According to the 2011 census, the total population of the district is 477,312.

Municipalities[]

The district of Pristina has a total of eight municipalities and 298 other smaller settlements:

Municipality	Population (2011)	Area (km2)	Density (km2)	Settlements
Pristina	198,897	572	347.7	41
Podujevo	88,499	632	133.5	76
Drenas	58,531	290	201.8	37
Lipljan	57,605	422	136.5	70
Kosovo Polje	34,827	83	419.6	15
Obilić	21,549	105	205.2	19
Gračanica	10,675	131	81.5	16
Novo Brdo	6,729	204	33.0	24
Pristina District	477,312	2,470	193.2	298

Ethnic groups[]

In 1991, the municipalities with an Albanian majority were: Pristina (88.63%), Obilić (80.31%), Kosovo Polje (82.63%), Lipljan (79.36%), Podujevo (98.91%), and Drenas (99.87%). The municipality of Novo Brdo had a Serb-Montenegrin majority in 1991 (58.12%).

In the 2011 census, Albanians are the majority in: Pristina (97.8%), Drenas (99.9%), Podujevo (98.9%), Lipljan (94.6%), Obilić (92.1%), Kosovo Polje (86.9%), and Novo Brdo (52.4%).

Serbs are the majority population in Gračanica municipality with 67.5%.^[4]

Gracanica Monastery

Ethnic groups in 2011 census:

	Number	%
TOTAL	477,302	100
Albanians	451,014	94.5
Serbs	11,885	2.5
Roma (Ashkali)	9,669	2
Turks	2,380	0.5
Bosniaks	601	0.1
Others and no response	1,753	0.4

Postal Code[]

showPostal codes in the Prishtina District
District	Municipality	Local	Code
Pristina	Pristina	Pristina	10000
Pristina	Pristina	Pristina 1	10010
Pristina	Pristina	Transit Postal Centre	10020
Pristina	Pristina	Pristina 3	10030
Pristina	Pristina	Pristina 4	10040
Pristina	Pristina	Pristina 5	10050
Pristina	Pristina	Pristina 6	10060
Pristina	Pristina	Pristina 7	10070
Pristina	Pristina	Pristina 8	10080
Pristina	Pristina	Pristina 9	10090
Pristina	Pristina	Pristina 10	10100
Pristina	Pristina	Pristina 11	10110
Pristina	Pristina	Pristina 12	10120
Pristina	Pristina	Pristina 13	10130
Pristina	Pristina	Graçanica	10500
Pristina	Pristina	Hajvalia	10510
Pristina	Pristina	Devet Jugovic	10520
Pristina	Pristina	Keçekollë	10530
Pristina	Podujevo	Podujevë	11000
Pristina	Podujevo	Luzane	11050
Pristina	Podujevo	Orllan	11060
Pristina	Podujevo	Krpimej	11070
Pristina	Kosovo Polje	Fushë Kosovë	12000
Pristina	Kosovo Polje	Fushë Kosovë	12010
Pristina	Kosovo Polje	Sllatinë	12050
Pristina	Glogovac	Gllogoc	13000
Pristina	Glogovac	Komoran	13050
Pristina	Lipljan	Lipjan	14000
Pristina	Lipljan	Janjevë	14050
Pristina	Lipljan	Magurë	14060
Pristina	Obilić	Obiliq	15000
Pristina	Obilić	Muzakaj	15050
Pristina	Novo Brdo	Novo Brdo	16000
Source: Post and Telecommunications of Kosovo J.S.C. (PTK) "List of postal codes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-06-30. (199 KiB)

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states are said to have recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.