Kosovska Mitrovica

Mitrovica Albanian: Mitrovica or Mitrovicë Serbian: Косовска Митровица or Kosovska Mitrovica
City and municipalities
Ibar Bridge, Sitnica river, Miners Monument, Ibar River, St. Dimitri Orthodox Church, Former Jadran Hotel, Sand's Mosque, Mitrovica at night panoramic view.
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Mitrovica Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°53′N 20°52′E / 42.883°N 20.867°E / 42.883; 20.867Coordinates: 42°53′N 20°52′E / 42.883°N 20.867°E / 42.883; 20.867
Country	Kosovo
District	District of Mitrovica
Government
• Mayor of Mitrovica	Agim Bahtiri
• Mayor of North Mitrovica	Zoran Rakić
Area
• Land	331 km2 (128 sq mi)
• Urban	15.983 km2 (6.171 sq mi)
Elevation	500 m (1,600 ft)
Population (2011)
• City and municipalities	84,235
• Urban	South: 46,132 North: 12,326
• Metro	South: 71,909 North: 12,326
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	40000
Area code(s)	+383 28
Car plates	02
Website	Mitrovica Municipality North Mitrovica Municipality

Mitrovica Municipality

Mitrovica or Kosovska Mitrovica (Albanian: Mitrovica, Mitrovicë; Serbian Cyrillic: Косовска Митровица) is a city in the northern part of Kosovo. Settled on the banks of Ibar and Sitnica rivers, the city is the administrative center of the District of Mitrovica.

Following the North Kosovo crisis, in 2013, the Serb-majority municipality of North Mitrovica was created, dividing the city in two administrative units, both operating within the Kosovo legal framework.

According to the 2011 Census, in Mitrovica live 84,235 inhabitants, 71,909 of which in the southern municipality and 12,326 in North Mitrovica.

In the middles ages the city was called "Demetrius" in honour of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki. When the city came under Ottoman rule, it was renamed "Mitrovica", as happened to .

After President Tito's death, each of the constituent parts of Yugoslavia had to have one place named with the word 'Tito' (or 'Tito's') included, the city was then known as Titova Mitrovica (Титова Митровица) in Serbian or Mitrovica e Titos in Albanian, until 1991.

The city is now known as Mitrovica and Mitrovicë in the Albanian language and Kosovska Mitrovica (Косовска Митровица) in the Serbian language  listen .