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Prizren District (Serbia)

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District of Serbia on the territory of Kosovo District of Serbia in Kosovo and Metohija
Prizrenski okrug
Призренски округ
District of Serbia
Location of Prizren District (Serbia) in SerbiaLocation of Prizren District (Serbia) in Serbia
Country Serbia
Autonomous ProvinceKosovo and Metohija
CapitalPrizren
Population
 • Total310,511
ISO 3166 codeRS-27
Municipalities5

The Prizren District (Albanian: Distrikti i Prizrenit; Serbian: Призренски округ/Prizrenski okrug, pronounced [prîzrenskiː ôkruːɡ]) was a district in southern Kosovo and Metohija between 1990 and 1999. It had a population of 376,085. The seat of the district was in the city of Prizren.

Municipalities

A map of Kosovo's districts at the time

It included the municipalities of:

Culture and history

The Church of Our Lady of Ljeviš, in Prizren, is the endowment of King Milutin, along with the Archbishop Sava III. It was built in 1307.

Prizren is also distinguished by other churches, such as: the Church of Holy Salvation (est. 1348), the Church of St. Nicholas (est. 1332), the Church of Prince Marko (est. 1371), and Assembly Church of St. George from the second half of the 19th century.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, during Ottoman rule, mosques, hammams, and madrasas flowered throughout Prizren and its surroundings. The Mosque of Bajrakli Gazi Mehmed-Pasha is the earliest establishment of Islamic architecture in Prizren. It was built in 1561, and still safeguards books in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish to this day, including a Kuran from 1312.

References

Note: All official material made by the Government of Serbia is public by law. Information was taken from the official website.

Districts of Serbia
Vojvodina
Belgrade
Šumadija and Western Serbia
Southern and Eastern Serbia
Kosovo and Metohija
  • Kosovo declared independence in 2008 but is still claimed as part of its territory by Serbia.

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