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Prizren District

The District of Prizren is one of the seven districts of Kosovo. Its seat is in the city of . According to the 2011 Census, it has a population of 331,670 and an area of 2,024 square km.
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  • Type: Residential area
  • Description: district in Republic of Kosovo
  • Also known as: “District of Prizren” and “Prizren”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Our Lady of Ljeviš and Sinan Pasha Mosque.

Church
Photo: Mendeljejev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 14th-century Serbian Orthodox church in the town of , in southern . Since 2006, the church is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site named Medieval Monuments in Kosovo.

Mosque
Photo: Photo Balkan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an Ottoman-era in the city of , built by the Ottoman Albanian pasha Sofi Sinan in 1615. The mosque overlooks the main street of Prizren and is a dominant feature in the town's skyline.

Photo: Mladifilozof, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hilltop fortification in in . It overlooks the Prizren River which flows through Prizren, which developed around the fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prizren and Lubizhdë.

Photo: Berath2013, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, in , is a charming city of mosques and monasteries dating back to the 14th century. Happily spared from both the "destroy the old, build the new" drive of the communists during the early years of their rule in Yugoslavia, as well as the ethnic…

Village
is a village in the Prizren municipality in southern Kosovo. is situated 3½ km northeast of Prizren District.

Village
Photo: Berath2013, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Prizren District

Latitude
42.2163° or 42° 12′ 59″ north
Longitude
20.7355° or 20° 44′ 8″ east
Population
332,000
Elevation
425 metres (1,394 feet)
Open location code
8GJ26P8P+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29292334
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Geo­Names ID
10097361
Wiki­data ID
Q1048331
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Prizren District” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Qarku i Prizrenit”
  • Albanian: “Rajoni i Prizrenit”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بريزرن”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Prizren”
  • Asturian: “Prizren”
  • Basque: “Prizren”
  • Basque: “Prizreni”
  • Belarusian: “Прызрэнская акруга”
  • Bengali: “প্রায়জেন জেলা”
  • Bulgarian: “Призренски окръг”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Prizren”
  • Cebuano: “Prizren District”
  • Chinese: “Prizrenit Koān”
  • Chinese: “普里兹伦区”
  • Chinese: “普里茲倫區”
  • Croatian: “Prizrenski okrug”
  • Czech: “Prizrenský okruh”
  • Danish: “Prizren District”
  • Dutch: “Prizren (regio)”
  • Dutch: “Prizren”
  • Dutch: “Prizreni”
  • Estonian: “Prizreni rajoon”
  • Estonian: “Prizreni ringkond”
  • Finnish: “Prizrenin kaupunginosa”
  • Finnish: “Prizrenin piiri”
  • French: “District de Prizren”
  • French: “Prizren”
  • German: “Bezirk Prizren”
  • German: “Verwaltungsbezirk Prizren”
  • Greek: “Πριζρέν”
  • Gujarati: “પ્રિઝ્રેન જિલ્લો”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז פריזרן”
  • Hindi: “प्रिज़रेन जिला”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Prizren”
  • Irish: “Prizren”
  • Italian: “distretto di Prizren”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Prizren”
  • Italian: “Prizren”
  • Japanese: “プリズレン郡”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ರಿಸನ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “프리즈렌구”
  • Latvian: “Prizrenas rajons”
  • Lithuanian: “Prizreno sritis”
  • Macedonian: “Призрен”
  • Malay: “Daerah Prizren”
  • Marathi: “प्रीझरेन जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Prizrenski Koān”
  • Northern Frisian: “Prizren (Regiuun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Prizren”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Prizren distrikt”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Distriktet Prizren”
  • Persian: “استان پریزرن”
  • Polish: “Okręg prizrenski”
  • Polish: “Okręg prizreński”
  • Polish: “Prizren”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Prizren”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Prizren”
  • Russian: “Призренский округ”
  • Scots: “Destrict o Prizren”
  • Serbian: “Prizrenski okrug”
  • Serbian: “Призренски округ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Okrug Prizren”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Okrug Prizreni”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prizreni”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prizrenski okrug”
  • Sinhala: “ප්‍රිස්රෙන් දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Prizren”
  • Spanish: “Prizren”
  • Swedish: “Prizren distrikt”
  • Tamil: “ப்ரிஸ்றேன் மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “ప్రిజ్రెన్ జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “เขตพริซเซ่น”
  • Turkish: “Prizren ili”
  • Turkish: “Prizren”
  • Ukrainian: “Призренський округ”
  • Ukrainian: “Прізренський округ”
  • Urdu: “پریزرین ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Prizren”

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