Districts of Kosovo | |
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Category | District |
Location | Kosovo |
Created by | Constitution of Kosovo |
Number | 7 |
Populations | 174,235 (Peć) – 477,312 (Pristina) |
Areas | 1,000 km2 (400 sq mi) (Ferizaj) – 2,500 km2 (950 sq mi) (Pristina) |
Subdivisions | Municipalities of Kosovo |
Kosovo is administratively subdivided into seven districts (Albanian: Rajone; Serbian: Окрузи, Okruzi). They are further subdivided into 38 municipalities (Albanian: Komuna, Serbian: Oпштина or Opština).
Under the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), established in 1999, new districts were formed in 2000.
Serbia protested about the new territorial division and does not see it as legitimate, but by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo administration implemented it regardless of Serbia's protests, because it has such authority established by virtue of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244.