Mitrovica Mitrovica or Mitrovicë (Albanian) Косовска Митровица/Kosovska Mitrovica (Serbian) |
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City and municipality | ||
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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Location in Kosovo | ||
Coordinates: 42°53′N 20°52′E / 42.883°N 20.867°ECoordinates: 42°53′N 20°52′E / 42.883°N 20.867°E | ||
Country | Kosovo | |
District | District of Mitrovica | |
Government | ||
• Mayor of Mitrovica | Agim Bahtiri | |
• Mayor of North Mitrovica | Goran 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 municipality | 84,235 | |
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Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
Postal code | 40000 | |
Area code(s) | +383 28 | |
Car plates | 02 | |
Website | North Mitrovica Municipality |
Mitrovica (in Albanian, Mitrovicë) or Kosovska Mitrovica (in Serbian, Косовска Митровица) is a city and municipality 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 .