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Kosovo (Albanian: Kosova or Kosovë is a largely mountainous country in the region of . Its attractions for travelers include its archaeological and religious heritage, natural beauty, hiking and skiing.
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, the capital and largest city of Kosovo, is not beautiful: it is messy, with centuries-old Ottoman heritage competing with communist designs and post-communist architectural monstrosities.

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, in Kosovo, 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…

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or Mitrovicë is a city in northern Kosovo, ethnically divided between a southern ethnic-Albanian part and a northern ethnic-Serbian part along the Ibër river.

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, is a city in northwestern Kosovo. has a rich cultural and historical inheritance being host to a UNESCO World Heritage Site, access to another one and surrounding by stunning nature.

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Gjakova/Gjakovë Đakovica is a city in western Kosovo with about 101,000 inhabitants. is a centre of culture and learning in Kosovo.

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Gjilan is a town in Kosovo, in the southeast linked with the highway of , Serbian Border and North Macedonian Border.

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is a town in Kosovo, just west of the main highway linking the national capital, Pristina, with the Macedonian border.

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Podujevë or Besianë or Podujevo is a city and municipality in the in Kosovo. Podujevë is the largest municipality of Kosovo since it covers 632.59 km2 and is located along a regional motorway and also has railroad passing through it, which links the area to surrounding regions. , the capital of Kosovo, is located some 23 km to the south.

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is a lively town in southern Kosovo, between the cities of and . It serves as the administrative center of the municipality, which encompasses 43 villages.

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Kaçanik/Kačanik, or Kaçaniku, in Kosovo, is a city of peace and quiet, its houses with pointed red roofs being scattered along the verdant mountain slopes.

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is a city and municipality located in the in Kosovo. has a population of 61,528 and a total area of 345 km2, which accounts for approximately 3.2% of the territory of Kosovo.

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is a town and municipality located in the southwestern part of Kosovo, in the District of Gjakova. It’s known for its rich cultural heritage, diverse population, and especially for being a prominent wine-producing region.

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is a town and a municipality in the in north-western Kosovo. It stands where the Klina River meets the White Drin, and the Mirusha Waterfalls serve as a notable emblem of Klina.

is a town and municipality in the north-western part of Kosovo, in the Dukagjini Plain, with an altitude of up to 2155 m. has an area of 453.84 km2.

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is a Serbian community in Kosovo, centered around the Monastery and about 10 km from . Since the end of conflict, this town has functioned as a center for the remaining Serbian community in Kosovo.

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or Dardana, or Kosovska , is a town and municipality located in the Gjilan District of Kosovo.

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or Vitina is a town and municipality located in the in Kosovo. As of 2024, the town of has 5,780 inhabitants, while the municipality has 35,566 inhabitants.

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The are in the north-western part of Kosovo. It is a region within Bjeshkët e Nemuna, also known as the Albanian Alps or the Accursed Mountains.

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is a skiing settlement in the Sharr Mountain National Park. The ski resort area is on the north and northwest-facing slopes of the Sharr Mountains National Park and in the drainage basin of the Lepenc River.

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, or Novobërda or Artana, is a town and municipality located in the of Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 6,729 inhabitants.

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is a village in the municipality of in southern Kosovo. It is part of the and of the region called Gora. The majority of people are Gorani. is a big village with 900 houses.

Kosovo

Latitude of center
42.6° or 42° 36′ north
Longitude of center
20.85° or 20° 51′ east
Population
1,810,000
Area
10,908 km² (4,212 miles²)
Elevation
600 metres (1,969 feet)
Capital
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4366234392
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
831053
Wiki­data ID
Q1246
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Kosovo” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Косово”
  • Achinese: “Kosovô”
  • Afrikaans: “Kosovo”
  • Afrikaans: “Kosowo”
  • Albanian: “KOS”
  • Albanian: “Kosova”
  • Albanian: “Kosovë”
  • Albanian: “KS”
  • Albanian: “Republika e Kosovës”
  • Albanian: “RKS”
  • Albanian: “XK”
  • Albanian: “XKX”
  • Amharic: “ኮሶቮ”
  • Amis: “Kosovo”
  • Angika: “कोसोवो”
  • Arabic: “جمهورية كوسوفو”
  • Arabic: “قوصوة”
  • Arabic: “كوسوفا”
  • Arabic: “كوسوفو”
  • Aragonese: “Kosovo”
  • Armenian: “Կոսովո”
  • Arpitan: “Cosovo”
  • Arpitan: “Kosovo”
  • Assamese: “কচ’ভ’”
  • Asturian: “Kosovo”
  • Asturian: “Kosovu”
  • Atayal: “Kosovo”
  • Aymara: “Kusuwu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kosovo”
  • Balinese: “Kosovo”
  • Bashkir: “Косово Республикаһы”
  • Bashkir: “Косово”
  • Basque: “Kosovo”
  • Bavarian: “Kosovo”
  • Belarusian: “Косава”
  • Belarusian: “Республіка Косава”
  • Belarusian: “Рэспубліка Косава”
  • Bengali: “কসোভো”
  • Betawi: “Kosowo”
  • Bosnian: “Kosovo”
  • Breton: “Kosovo”
  • Bulgarian: “Косово”
  • Burmese: “ကိုဆိုဗို”
  • Burmese: “ကိုဆိုဗိုနိုင်ငံ”
  • Catalan: “Kosovo”
  • Catalan: “República de Kosovo”
  • Cebuano: “Kosobo”
  • Central Bikol: “Kosobo”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆسۆڤۆ”
  • Chavacano: “Kosovo”
  • Chechen: “Косово Республика”
  • Chechen: “Косово”
  • Chechen: “Республика Косово”
  • Cherokee: “ᎪᏗᏉ”
  • Chinese: “Kosovo”
  • Chinese: “科索夫”
  • Chinese: “科索沃”
  • Chuvash: “Косово Республики”
  • Cornish: “Kosova”
  • Cornish: “Kosovo”
  • Corsican: “Kosovo”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Kosovo”
  • Croatian: “Kosovo”
  • Czech: “Kosovo”
  • Czech: “Kosovská republika”
  • Dagbani: “Kosovo”
  • Danish: “Kosovo”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kosova”
  • Dutch: “Kosovo”
  • Dutch: “Republiek Kosovo”
  • Dutch: “XK”
  • Dutch: “XKX”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوسوفو”
  • Erzya: “Косово Мастор”
  • Esperanto: “Kosovo”
  • Esperanto: “Respubliko Kosovo”
  • Estonian: “Kosovo”
  • Extremaduran: “Cosovu”
  • Faroese: “Kosovo”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Kosovo”
  • Finnish: “Kosovo”
  • French: “Kosovo”
  • French: “Kossovo”
  • French: “la République du Kosovo”
  • French: “XK”
  • Friulian: “Cossovo”
  • Friulian: “Kosovo”
  • Gagauz: “Kosova”
  • Gagauz: “Kosovo hem Metohiya”
  • Galician: “Kosovo”
  • Galician: “República de Kosovo”
  • Gan Chinese: “科索沃”
  • Georgian: “კოსოვო”
  • German: “Kosovo”
  • German: “Republik Kosovo”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Kosovo”
  • Gilaki: “کؤزؤوؤ”
  • Gothic: “𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉𐌱𐍉”
  • Greek: “Κόσοβο”
  • Greek: “Κοσσυφοπέδιο”
  • Guarani: “Kosovo”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Kosovo”
  • Gujarati: “કોસોવો”
  • Haitian: “Kosovo”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Khô-sò-vok”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kosovo”
  • Hausa: “Kasar Kosovo”
  • Hawaiian: “Kosowo”
  • Hebrew: “הרפובליקה של קוסובו”
  • Hebrew: “קוסובו”
  • Hindi: “कोसोवो गणराज्य”
  • Hindi: “कोसोवो”
  • Hungarian: “Koszovó”
  • Hungarian: “Koszovói Köztársaság”
  • Icelandic: “Kosóvó”
  • Icelandic: “Kósovó”
  • Icelandic: “Kósóvó”
  • Ido: “Kosovo”
  • Igbo: “Kosovo”
  • Inari Sami: “Kosovo”
  • Indonesian: “Kosovo”
  • Indonesian: “Republik Kosovo”
  • Interlingua: “Kosovo”
  • Interlingue: “Kosovo”
  • Irish: “an Chosaiv”
  • Irish: “An Chosaiv”
  • Italian: “Cossovo”
  • Italian: “Kosovo”
  • Japanese: “コソボ”
  • Japanese: “コソボ共和国”
  • Javanese: “Kosovo”
  • Kabardian: “Косово”
  • Kabardian: “Республикэ Косово”
  • Kabyle: “Kosovo”
  • Kalaallisut: “Kosovo”
  • Kalmyk: “Косовин Таңһч”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊಸವೋ”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊಸೊವೊ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Kosovo”
  • Kashubian: “Kòsowò”
  • Kazakh: “Косово”
  • Khmer: “កូសូវ៉ូ”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Kosovo”
  • Kirghiz: “Косово”
  • Kölsch: “Kosovo”
  • Komering: “Kosovo”
  • Komi: “Косово”
  • Korean: “코소보 공화국”
  • Korean: “코소보”
  • Kotava: “Kosovoa”
  • Kurdish: “Kosova”
  • Kurdish: “Kosovo”
  • Ladin: “Kosovo”
  • Ladino: “Kosovo”
  • Lak: “Косова”
  • Lao: “ໂຄໂຊໂວ”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດໂກໂຊໂວ”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດໂຄໂຊໂວ”
  • Latin: “Kosovia”
  • Latvian: “Kosova”
  • Latvian: “Kosovas Republika”
  • Ligurian: “Kosovo”
  • Limburgan: “Kosovo”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Cosovo”
  • Literary Chinese: “科索沃”
  • Lithuanian: “Kosovas”
  • Lombard: “Kosovo”
  • Low German: “Kosovo”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Kosowo”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kosovo”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Cosova”
  • Macedonian: “Косово”
  • Macedonian: “Република Косово”
  • Madurese: “Kosovo”
  • Malagasy: “Kôsôvô”
  • Malay: “Kosovo”
  • Malayalam: “കൊസോവൊ”
  • Malayalam: “കൊസോവോ”
  • Malayalam: “കൊസോവ്”
  • Maltese: “il-Kosovo”
  • Maltese: “Kosovo”
  • Manipuri: “ꯀꯣꯁꯣꯚꯣ”
  • Manx: “Kosovo”
  • Marathi: “कोसोव्हो”
  • Mazanderani: “کوزوو”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “كوسوفو”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Kosovo”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kosovo”
  • Minangkabau: “Kosovo”
  • Mingrelian: “კოსოვო”
  • Mirandese: “Kosobo”
  • Moksha: “Косова”
  • Mongolian: “Косово”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كوسوڤو”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كوصوڤو”
  • Narom: “Kosovo”
  • Nauru: “Kosovo”
  • Nepali: “कोसोभो”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kosowo”
  • Northern Luri: “کوزوڤو”
  • Northern Sami: “Kosovo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “KOS”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kosova”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kosovë”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kosovo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “KV”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Republikken Kosovo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “XK”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kosovo”
  • Norwegian: “Kosovo”
  • Novial: “Kosovo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kosova”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Republica de Kosova”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Blæcfugolond”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cæsōfō”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Kosovo”
  • Oriya: “କୋସୋଭୋ”
  • Oromo: “Kosoovoo”
  • Ossetian: “Косово”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਸੋਵੋ ਗਣਰਾਜ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਸੋਵੋ”
  • Papiamento: “Kosovo”
  • Persian: “کوزوو”
  • Persian: “کوزووو”
  • Picard: “Kosovo”
  • Piemontese: “Kosovo”
  • Polish: “Kosowo”
  • Polish: “Republika Kosowa”
  • Pontic: “Κόσοβο”
  • Portuguese: “KOS”
  • Portuguese: “Kosovo”
  • Portuguese: “KV”
  • Portuguese: “República do Kosovo”
  • Portuguese: “XK”
  • Portuguese: “XKX”
  • Pushto: “کوسوو”
  • Pushto: “کوسووا”
  • Pushto: “کوسووو”
  • Quechua: “Kosovo”
  • Quechua: “Kusuwu”
  • Romanian: “Kosovo”
  • Romanian: “Republica Kosovo”
  • Romansh: “Cosovo”
  • Russia Buriat: “Косово”
  • Russian: “Косово (государство)”
  • Russian: “Косово (республика)”
  • Russian: “Косово (частично-признанное государство)”
  • Russian: “Косово”
  • Russian: “Республика Косово”
  • Rusyn: “Косово”
  • Sakizaya: “Kosovo”
  • Samoan: “Kosovo”
  • Samogitian: “Kuosuovs”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱳᱥᱳᱵᱷᱳ”
  • Sardinian: “Kòssovu”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Kosovo”
  • Scots: “Kosovo”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A’ Chosobho”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cosobho”
  • Serbian: “Autonomna Pokrajina Kosovo i Metohija”
  • Serbian: “KOS”
  • Serbian: “Kosovo i Metohija”
  • Serbian: “Kosovo”
  • Serbian: “KV”
  • Serbian: “Republika Kosova”
  • Serbian: “Republika Kosovo”
  • Serbian: “Socijalistička Autonomna Pokrajina Kosovo”
  • Serbian: “XK”
  • Serbian: “XKX”
  • Serbian: “Косово и Метохија”
  • Serbian: “Косово”
  • Serbian: “Република Косова”
  • Serbian: “Република Косово”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kosovo”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Republika Kosovo”
  • Shan: “ၵူဝ်ႇသူဝ်ႇဝူဝ်ႇ”
  • Shona: “Kosovo”
  • Sicilian: “Kòssuvu”
  • Silesian: “Kosowo”
  • Sindhi: “ڪوسووو”
  • Sinhala: “කොසෝවො”
  • Sinhala: “කොසෝවෝ”
  • Skolt Sami: “Kosovo”
  • Slovak: “Kosovo”
  • Slovenian: “Kosovo”
  • Somali: “Koosofo”
  • Somali: “Kosofo”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کوزووو”
  • Spanish: “Kosovo”
  • Spanish: “Republica de Kosovo”
  • Spanish: “República de Kosovo”
  • Spanish: “XK”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Kosovokondre”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴽⵓⵙⵓⴼⵓ”
  • Sundanese: “Kosovo”
  • Swahili: “Kosovo”
  • Swedish: “Kosovo”
  • Swedish: “Republiken Kosovo”
  • Swiss German: “Kosovo”
  • Sylheti: “ꠇꠍꠜꠅ”
  • Tagalog: “Kosovo”
  • Tajik: “Косово”
  • Tajik: “Ҷумҳурии Косово”
  • Talysh: “Kosovo”
  • Tamil: “கொசோவோ”
  • Tatar: “Косово Җөмһүрияте”
  • Tatar: “Косово”
  • Telugu: “కొసావో”
  • Telugu: “కొసోవో”
  • Thai: “คอซอวอ”
  • Thai: “โคโซโว”
  • Thai: “ประเทศคอซอวอ”
  • Tibetan: “ཁོ་སོ་ཝོ།”
  • Tigrinya: “ኮሶቮ”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Kōsovo”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kosovo”
  • Tsonga: “Kosovo”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “كوسوڥو”
  • Turkish: “Kosova”
  • Turkmen: “Kosowo”
  • Uighur: “كوسوۋو”
  • Ukrainian: “Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99)”
  • Ukrainian: “Косово”
  • Ukrainian: “Республіка Косово”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kosowo”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Republika Kosowo”
  • Urdu: “قوصوہ”
  • Urdu: “کوسوو”
  • Urdu: “کوسووہ”
  • Urdu: “کوسووو”
  • Uzbek: “Kosovo”
  • Venetian: “Kosovo”
  • Vietnamese: “Kosovo”
  • Vlaams: “Kosovo”
  • Vlax Romani: “Kosovo”
  • Volapük: “Kosovän”
  • Võro: “Kosovo”
  • Walloon: “Cossovo”
  • Walloon: “Republike di Cossovo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kosovo”
  • Welsh: “Cosofo”
  • Welsh: “Kosovo”
  • Western Armenian: “Քոսովօ”
  • Western Frisian: “Kosovo”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوسووو”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوسوۆو”
  • Wolof: “Kosowo”
  • Wu Chinese: “科索沃”
  • Yakut: “Косова”
  • Yakut: “Косово Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ”
  • Yiddish: “קאסאווא”
  • Yoruba: “Kósófò”
  • Yoruba: “Kòsófò”
  • Yue Chinese: “科索沃”
  • Yue Chinese: “科索沃共和國”
  • Zeeuws: “Kosovo”
  • Zhuang: “Kosovo”
  • Zulu: “i-Kosovo”
  • “Cosova”
  • “Cosovo”
  • “Kosovo”
  • “Kuosuovs”
  • “ma Kosopo”
  • “ma Kosowa”
  • “ma Kosowo”

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