Štrpce

Štrpce
Municipality and city
Shtërpcë / Shtërpca Штрпце / Štrpce
Ski resort Brezovica and city of Štrpce
Flag Coat of arms
Štrpce Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°14′N 21°01′E / 42.233°N 21.017°E / 42.233; 21.017Coordinates: 42°14′N 21°01′E / 42.233°N 21.017°E / 42.233; 21.017
Country	Kosovo
District	District of Ferizaj
Area
• Total	247.36 km2 (95.51 sq mi)
Elevation	974 m (3,196 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	6,906
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	73000
Area code(s)	+381 290
Car plates	05
Website	kk.rks-gov.net/shterpce/

Štrpce (in Serbian, Штрпце) or Shtërpcë (in Albanian, or Shtërpca) is a city and municipality in the District of Ferizaj, Kosovo.

The municipality encompasses an area of 247.36 square kilometers (95.51 sq mi) on the northeast part of the Šar Mountains, and the upper part of the Lepenac river valley, which is well known as Sirinić Valley. Its municipal borders almost overlap with the borders of Sirinić Valley. Border lines are made of the mountain massive of the north-east part of the Šar Mountains and its branches: Ošljak, Kodža Balkan, Žar and Jezerska Mountain. The Štrpce municipality is a mainly mountainous area, comprising regions from 900 meters (3,000 ft) above sea level in the Lepenac river valley up to 2,500 meters (8,200 ft) above sea level at its highest peak, Ljuboten. Dominant mountain massifs create a natural isolation for this municipality towards north and south, meanwhile by Brod canyon the municipality is open towards Kosovo Valley, and through Prevalac toward Prizren Valley. The bordering municipalities are Ferizaj, Kaçanik, Suva Reka and Prizren, while the municipality is bordered by the Republic of Macedonia to the south.

Štrpce has a relatively favorable location in comparison to other cities and administrative, economic centers of Kosovo, as well as the north and northwest part of Macedonia. The distance from the Štrpce municipality to the Ferizaj municipality is 30 kilometers (19 mi), to the Pristina municipality 61 kilometers (38 mi), to the Prizren municipality 34 kilometers (21 mi); the distance to cities in Macedonia is: Skopje 61 kilometers (38 mi), Tetovo 70 kilometers (43 mi). Štrpce municipality is situated at the center of the aforementioned cities, which is very important for further municipal economic development. It is also worth mentioning that within a radius of 100 kilometers (62 mi) from Štrpce there are a number of industrial and mining centers like Trepča – Kosovo mining-energetic basin, then Skopje, Ferizaj, Prizren and Peć industrial basins. In the past few years a number of asphalt roads were constructed within the municipal territory, so that almost all settlements are connected with the center of the municipality. Relief features and potential for using agricultural land are prerequisites for the bloodstream of the settlements' network which are the valley's predominant type. Most of the settlements are not urbanized and mainly not functionally integrated, with the exception of Brezovica settlement where tourism assets are located and Štrpce as the center of the municipality.