Prizren
Prizren (Albanie: Prizren or Prizreni; [Призрен, Prizren] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), pronounced [prîzrɛn]; Turkis: Prizren, Pürzeyn, Perzerrin) is a historic ceety locatit in Kosovo.[a] It is the admeenistrative centre o the eponymous municipality an destrict. The ceety haes a population o aroond 178,000 (2011 census preliminary results),[1] maistly Albanies. Prizren is locatit on the slopes o the Šar Muntains (Albanie: Malet e Sharrit) in the soothren pairt o Kosovo. The municipality haes a mairch wi Albanie an the Republic o Macedonie.
Prizren | |
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Municipality an ceety | |
| Prizren Prizren / Prizreni / Призрен | |
 Top row: Prizren Seicont row: League o Prizren, Auld Stane Brig Third row: Oor Lady o Ljeviš, Minaret o Arasta Mosque, Sinan Pasha Mosque Fowert row: Namazgâh, Municipality Biggin Bottom row: Prizrenska Bistrica | |
  Prizren Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°13′N 20°44′E / 42.217°N 20.733°E | |
| Kintra | Kosovo |
| Destrict | Destrict o Prizren |
| Area | |
| • Total | 640 km2 (250 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 402 m (1,319 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 178,112 |
| • Density | 295.70/km2 (765.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 20000 |
| Area code(s) | +381 29 |
| Caur plates | 04 |
| Website | Municipality o Prizren |
Cultur
eeditPrizren is the seat o a simmer documentary film festival cried Dokufest. The ceety is hame tae numerous mosques, Orthodox an Catholic kirks an ither monuments. Amang them:
- Saunt Archangels Monastery
- League o Prizren Monument
- Kaljaja fortress
- Kirk o Holy Salvation
- Our Lady o Ljeviš kirk
- Kirk o St. Nicholas
- Sinan Pasha Mosque
- Kirk o St. Kyriaki
- The Mosque o Muderis Ali Efendi
- The St. George Cathedral
- Mosque Katip Sinan Qelebi
- Cathedral o Oor Lady o Perpetual Succour
- The Lorenc Antoni Muisic schuil
Economy
eeditFor a lang time the economy o Kosovo wis based on retail industrie fueled bi remittance income comin frae a lairge nummer o immigrant commonties in Wastren Europe. Private enterprise, maistly sma business, is slowly emerging food processin. Private businesses, lik elsewhare in Kosovo, predominantly face difficulties acause o lack o structural capacity tae grow.
Mony restaurants, private retail stores, an service-relatit businesses operate oot o sma shops. Lairger grocery an depairtment stores hae recently opened. In toun, thare are aicht sizeable mercats, includin three produce mercats, ane caur mercat, ane cattle mercat, an three personal/hygienic an hoose wares mercats. Thare is an abundance o kiosks sellin sma guids. Prizren appears tae be teeming wi economic prosperity, but appearances are deceivin as the internaitional presence is reducit an repatriation o refugees an internally displacit persons is spectit tae further strain the local economy. Mercat saturation, heich unemployment, an a reduction o financial remittances frae abroad are ominous economic indicators.[2]
Thare are three agricultural co-operatives in three veelages. Maist livestock breedin an agricultural production is private, informal, an sma-scale. Thare are five operational banks wi branches in Prizren, the Micro Enterprise Bank (MEB), the Raiffeisen Bank, the Nlb Bank, the Teb Bank an the Payment and Banking Authority o Kosovo (BPK).[2]
Climate
eedit| Climate data for Prizren | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record heich °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
31.3 (88.3) |
33.8 (92.8) |
40.6 (105.1) |
40.8 (105.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
35.8 (96.4) |
31.4 (88.5) |
25.6 (78.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
40.8 (105.4) |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) |
6.8 (44.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
17.2 (63.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
11.1 (52.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
16.9 (62.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
7.1 (44.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
16.8 (62.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.8 (71.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
12.3 (54.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
11.8 (53.2) |
| Average law °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
2.7 (36.9) |
6.9 (44.4) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
15.8 (60.4) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
7.3 (45.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
7.1 (44.8) |
| Record law °C (°F) | −23.6 (−10.5) |
−19.1 (−2.4) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
3.8 (38.8) |
7.3 (45.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−23.6 (−10.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 76.2 (3.00) |
54.1 (2.13) |
63.5 (2.50) |
61.1 (2.41) |
66.7 (2.63) |
69.7 (2.74) |
58.6 (2.31) |
127.4 (5.02) |
58.2 (2.29) |
55.1 (2.17) |
88.3 (3.48) |
81.1 (3.19) |
860.0 (33.86) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.8 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 13.5 | 133.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 81 | 75 | 68 | 64 | 64 | 61 | 58 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 79 | 82 | 69 |
| Mean monthly sunshine oors | 100.2 | 92.0 | 139.4 | 176.2 | 224.5 | 290.7 | 300.8 | 285.7 | 220.7 | 163.4 | 89.7 | 54.1 | 2,137.4 |
| Source: Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia[3] | |||||||||||||
Offeecial leids
eeditIn Prizren, Albanie, Serbie, Bosnie an Turkis leids are offeecial leids.[4][5]
Demografics
eedit| Demografics | |||||||||||||
| Year | Albanies | % | Bosniaks | % | Serb | % | Turk | % | Roma | % | Others | % | Tot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 cens. | 132,591 | 75.58 | 19,423 | 11.1 | 10,950 | 6.24 | 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 |
| Januar 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 |
| Mairch 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 |
| Mey 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 |
| December 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 o Statistics in Serbia (figures tae be considered as unreliable). 1998 and 2000 minority figures frae UNHCR in Prizren, Januar 2000. 2000 Kosovo Albanian figure is an unofficial OSCE estimate Januar–Mairch 2000. 2001 figures come frae German KFOR, UNHCR and IOM last update Mairch 2, 2001. Mey 2002 statistics are jynt UN, UNHCR, KFOR, an OSCE approximations. December 2002 figures are based on survey bi the Local Community Office. Aw figures are estimates. Ref: OSCE .pdf Archived 2015-10-17 at the Wayback Machine | |||||||||||||
Accordin tae the 1991 census conductit bi the Yugoslav authorities, the municipality o Prizren haed a population o 200,584 ceetizens:
- 157,518 (78.53%) Albanies
- 11,371 (5.67%) Serbs an Montenegrins
- ither' [1][deid airtin]
Accordin tae the same census, the ceety o Prizren haed 92,303 ceetizens.
Juist afore the Kosovo War in 1998, the Organization for Security an Co-operation in Europe estimatit the population o the municipality o Prizren:
- Albanies 78%
- Serbs 5%
- ithers 17%
Accordin tae a Unitit Naitions estimate in 2003, the ceety haed aboot 124,000 ceetizens, maist bein ethnic Albanies. Accordin tae the World Gazetteer, the ceety anerlie haed 131,247 residents in 2010.[6]
Sister ceeties
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See an aw
eeditNotes an references
eeditNotes:
- ↑ Kosovo is the subject o a territorial dispute atween the Republic o Serbie an the sel-proclaimed Republic o Kosovo. The latter declared unthirldom on 17 Februar 2008, but Serbie continues tae claim it as pairt o its awn sovereign territory. Kosovo's independence haes been recognised bi 103 oot o 193 Unitit Nations member states.
References:
- ↑ "Preliminary Results of the Kosovo 2011 population and housing census". The statistical Office of Kosovo. Archived frae the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2012.
- ↑ a b "Bosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska National Assembly Elections". Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. 22–23 November 1997. p. 32. Archived frae the original on 6 Juin 2011. Retrieved 10 Apryle 2017. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) - ↑ "Monthly and annual means, maximum and minimum values of meteorological elements for the period 1961-1990" (in Serbian). Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ↑ Diplomatic Observer Archived 2008-05-26 at the Wayback Machine Official Language
- ↑ OSCE Archived 2019-03-27 at the Wayback Machine Implementation of the Law on the Use of Languages by Kosovo Municipalities
- ↑ World Gazzetteer (2010). "Kosovo: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". Archived frae the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Prizren. |
- Municipality o Prizren bi Republic o Kosovo
- Prizren, Serbie caipital (in Serbie) Archived 2021-06-14 at the Wayback Machine