Kosovo
Gjakova District
District of Gjakova

Gjakova

Gjakova/Gjakovë Đakovica is a city in western with about 101,000 inhabitants. Gjakova is a centre of culture and learning in Kosovo.
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  • Type: City with 40,800 residents
  • Description: City in Kosovo
  • Also known as: “Đakovica”
Photo: ShkelzenRexha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: ShkelzenRexha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hadumi mosque and Kulla e Abdullah Pashë Drenit.

Mosque
Photo: ShkelzenRexha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hadum Mosque in Gjakova, was built in the last decade of the 16th century and was financed by Hadum Sylejman Efendia – Hadum Aga, which explains the name of the mosque.

Museum
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

Nature reserve
Photo: ShkelzenRexha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qerim.

Village
is a village in the , Kosovo.

Gjakova

Latitude
42.3799° or 42° 22′ 48″ north
Longitude
20.4316° or 20° 25′ 54″ east
Population
40,800
Elevation
362 metres (1,188 feet)
Open location code
8GJ29CHJ+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1530391541
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
791646
Wiki­data ID
Q474651
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Gjakova” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Gjakova”
  • Albanian: “Gjakovë”
  • Arabic: “جاكوفا”
  • Armenian: “Ջակովիցա”
  • Armenian: “Ջյակովիցա”
  • Asturian: “Gjakova”
  • Belarusian: “Г’якова”
  • Belarusian: “Джакавіца”
  • Bengali: “গাজকোভা”
  • Bengali: “গেকুবা”
  • Bosnian: “Đakovica”
  • Bosnian: “Gjakova”
  • Bosnian: “Gjakovë”
  • Bulgarian: “Джаковица”
  • Bulgarian: “Дяково”
  • Catalan: “Đakovica”
  • Catalan: “Gjakova”
  • Catalan: “Gjakovë”
  • Cebuano: “Gjakovë”
  • Chinese: “賈科維察”
  • Chinese: “贾科维察”
  • Croatian: “Đakovica”
  • Czech: “Đakovica”
  • Czech: “Gjakova”
  • Czech: “Gjakovë”
  • Danish: “Gjakova”
  • Dutch: “Dakovica”
  • Dutch: “Đakovica”
  • Dutch: “Djakovica”
  • Dutch: “Gjakova”
  • Dutch: “Gjakove”
  • Dutch: “Gjakovë”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جاكوفا”
  • Esperanto: “Gjakova”
  • Estonian: “Dakovica”
  • Estonian: “Đakovica”
  • Estonian: “Djakovica”
  • Estonian: “Gjakova”
  • Estonian: “Gjakove”
  • Estonian: “Gjakovë”
  • Finnish: “Dakovica”
  • Finnish: “Đakovica”
  • Finnish: “Djakovica”
  • Finnish: “Gjakova”
  • Finnish: “Gjakovë”
  • French: “Đakovica”
  • French: “Gjakova”
  • French: “Gjakove”
  • French: “Gjakovë”
  • Galician: “Đakovica”
  • Galician: “Gjakova”
  • Georgian: “გიაკოვა”
  • German: “Dakovica”
  • German: “Đakovica”
  • German: “Gjakova”
  • German: “Gjakove”
  • German: “Gjakovë”
  • Greek: “Τζακόβιτσα/Τζακόβα”
  • Greek: “Τζακόβιτσα”
  • Gujarati: “જાકોવા”
  • Hebrew: “ג’קובה”
  • Hindi: “ग्यकोवा”
  • Hindi: “जाकोवा”
  • Hungarian: “Đakovica”
  • Hungarian: “Gjakova”
  • Hungarian: “Gjakovë”
  • Indonesian: “Gjakova”
  • Irish: “Gjakova”
  • Italian: “Dakovica”
  • Italian: “Đakovica”
  • Italian: “Giacovizza”
  • Italian: “Gjakova”
  • Italian: “Gjakovë”
  • Japanese: “ジャコヴァ”
  • Kannada: “ಜಿಜೊಕೋವಾ”
  • Korean: “자코바”
  • Korean: “자코버”
  • Korean: “자코비차”
  • Latvian: “Džakovica”
  • Latvian: “Gjakova”
  • Lithuanian: “Džakovica”
  • Lithuanian: “Džiakovica”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gjakova”
  • Macedonian: “Ѓаковица”
  • Malay: “Gjakova”
  • Maltese: “Gjakova”
  • Marathi: “गजाकोव”
  • Marathi: “गजाकोव्ह”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gjakovë”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gjakova”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gjakova”
  • Norwegian: “Gjakova”
  • Norwegian: “Gjakovë”
  • Persian: “جاکوویسا”
  • Polish: “Đakovica”
  • Polish: “Djakovica”
  • Polish: “Djakowica”
  • Polish: “Gjakova”
  • Portuguese: “Dakovica”
  • Portuguese: “Đakovica”
  • Portuguese: “Gjakova”
  • Romanian: “Đakovica”
  • Russian: “Джяковица”
  • Serbian: “Đakovica”
  • Serbian: “Дјаковица”
  • Serbian: “Ђаковица”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Đakovica”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gjakova”
  • Silesian: “Djakowica”
  • Sinhala: “ග්ජකොවා”
  • Sinhala: “ග්ජකෝවා”
  • Slovenian: “Đakovica”
  • Slovenian: “Džakovica”
  • Slovenian: “Gjakovë”
  • Spanish: “Đakovica”
  • Spanish: “Gjakova”
  • Swedish: “Dakovica”
  • Swedish: “Đakovica”
  • Swedish: “Djakova”
  • Swedish: “Djakovica”
  • Swedish: “Djakovitsa”
  • Swedish: “Gjakova”
  • Swedish: “Gjakove”
  • Swedish: “Gjakovë”
  • Swedish: “Jakova”
  • Tamil: “ஜிஜெகோவா”
  • Tamil: “ஜெகோவா”
  • Telugu: “జకోవా”
  • Thai: “กยาโควา”
  • Thai: “กาโกวา”
  • Turkish: “Đakovica”
  • Turkish: “Gjakovë”
  • Turkish: “Yakova”
  • Ukrainian: “Джяковиця”
  • Ukrainian: “Джяковіца”
  • Urdu: “گیاکووا”
  • Vietnamese: “Gjakova”
  • Western Panjabi: “گیاکووا”

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