Drenica
Sign in to saveDrenica (Albanian indefinite form: Drenicë, ), also known as the Drenica Valley, is a hilly region in central Kosovo, covering roughly around of Kosovo's total area (6%). It consists of two municipalities, Drenas and Skenderaj, and several villages in Klina, Zubin Potok, Mitrovica and Vushtrri. It is located west of the capital, Pristina.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Drenica
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Historical region of Kosovo
- Settlement.image_map
- Drenica region.png
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Kosovo
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipalities
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- DrenasSkenderaj
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 668
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 109,389
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical region
- Country
- Kosovo
- Located in
- Skenderaj
- Area
- 668
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- Drenica
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- History
- Middle Ages
- Interwar Period
- World War II
- Kosovo War
- Culture
- Notable people
- References
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Drenica (Albanian indefinite form: Drenicë, ), also known as the Drenica Valley, is a hilly region in central Kosovo, covering roughly around of Kosovo's total area (6%). It consists of two municipalities, Drenas and Skenderaj, and several villages in Klina, Zubin Potok, Mitrovica and Vushtrri. It is located west of the capital, Pristina.
According to the 2011 Census, the population of the region is 109,389, excluding the surrounding villages. Albanians form the absolute majority of the region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Drenica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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