Deçan

Deçan or Dečani, is a town and municipality in the , . The municipality has an area of 293.94 km and it includes the town and 37 smaller settlements. According to the last census of 2024, the municipality has a population of 27,775.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 3,800 residents
  • Description: town in Kosovo
  • Also known as: “Decan”, “Decane”, “Deczani”, “Detjani”, “Visoki Dečani”, “دچان”, and “デチャン”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Visoki Dečani.

Monastery
Photo: J budissin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monastery is a medieval Serbian…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Isniq and Strellc i Epërm.

Village
Photo: Sali Shoshi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the municipality of Deçan in .

Village
Photo: Ben Njeri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Gornji Streoc, meaning "Upper… is situated 4½ km north of Deçan.

Village
, or Prejlep or Arrnjet, is a village situated in western , close to . is situated 4½ km southeast of Deçan.

Deçan

Latitude
42.5402° or 42° 32′ 25″ north
Longitude
20.2882° or 20° 17′ 18″ east
Population
3,800
Elevation
612 metres (2,008 feet)
Open location code
8GJ2G7RQ+37
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1839805748
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
791580
Wiki­data ID
Q939112
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Deçan” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Deçani”
  • Arabic: “ديشاني”
  • Arabic: “ديكان”
  • Asturian: “Deçan”
  • Belarusian: “Дэчані”
  • Bengali: “দাইকাই”
  • Bosnian: “Dečani”
  • Bulgarian: “Дечани”
  • Catalan: “Dečani”
  • Catalan: “Deçani”
  • Cebuano: “Deçan”
  • Chinese: “代查尼”
  • Croatian: “Dečani”
  • Czech: “Dečani”
  • Danish: “Deçan”
  • Dutch: “Deçan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ديكان”
  • Finnish: “Deçani”
  • French: “Dečani”
  • German: “Deçan”
  • Greek: “Ντεκάνι”
  • Gujarati: “ડેકેની”
  • Hebrew: “דצ’אני”
  • Hindi: “डेकानी”
  • Indonesian: “Deçan”
  • Indonesian: “Dečani”
  • Italian: “Dečani”
  • Japanese: “デチャニ”
  • Kannada: “ಡಿಕಾನಿ”
  • Korean: “데차니”
  • Latvian: “Dečani”
  • Lithuanian: “Dečanai”
  • Macedonian: “Дечани”
  • Malay: “Decani”
  • Marathi: “डेकॅनी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Decani”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Deçan”
  • Norwegian: “Deçan”
  • Persian: “دچانی”
  • Polish: “Dečani”
  • Portuguese: “Dečani”
  • Russian: “Декан”
  • Russian: “Дечани”
  • Serbian: “Dečane”
  • Serbian: “Dečani”
  • Serbian: “Дечане”
  • Serbian: “Дечани”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dečani”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Deçani”
  • Sinhala: “ඩෙකානි”
  • Spanish: “Dechani”
  • Swedish: “Decani”
  • Swedish: “Dečani”
  • Swedish: “Deçani”
  • Tamil: “டெக்கானி”
  • Telugu: “డెకాని”
  • Thai: “เดกานี”
  • Turkish: “Deçan”
  • Turkish: “Deçani”
  • Ukrainian: “Дечані”
  • Urdu: “دیکانی”
  • Vietnamese: “Decani”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Carrabreg i Poshtëm and Carrabreg i Epërm.

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Highlights: Posta e Kosovës and Komuna e Deçanit.

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