Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo

Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo Socijalistička Autonomna Pokrajina Kosovo Социјалистичка Аутономна Покрајина Косово Krahina Socialiste Autonome e Kosovës
Autonomous province of Serbia in Yugoslavia
← 1946–1992 →
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Kosovo (dark red) in Serbia (light red), within Yugoslavia
Capital		Priština
Government		Autonomous province
Historical era		Cold War
•	Established	1946
•	Disestablished	1992
Area
•	1991	10,686 km2(4,126 sq mi)
Population
•	1991	1,584,441
	Density	148.3 /km2  (384 /sq mi)

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The Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (Serbo-Croatian: Socijalistička Autonomna Pokrajina Kosovo, Социјалистичка Аутономна Покрајина Косово; Albanian: Krahina Socialiste Autonome e Kosovës; often abbreviated SAP Kosovo), comprising the Kosovo region, was one of the two autonomous provinces of Serbia within Yugoslavia (the other being Vojvodina), between 1946 and the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Between 1946 and 1963 the province was named the Autonomous District of Kosovo and Metohija, and enjoyed a lower level of self-government than the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Between 1963 and 1974, when the province was granted equal status with Vojvodina, the province was accordingly named the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. In 1974 the two autonomous provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo were granted significantly increased autonomy, and added the prefix "Socialist" to their full official names, the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija was at that point renamed to the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, in addition dropping the reference to Metohija from its name. Fifteen years later, during the breakup of Yugoslavia, the 1974 reforms were reversed and the province was restored to its 1963–74 name (Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija).

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