Kosovo
Gjakova District
Orahovac

Rahovec

Rahovec 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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  • Type: Town with 15,800 residents
  • Description: town in Kosovo
  • Also known as: “Orahovac”, “Rahavec”, and “Rahoveci”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Nicholas Church.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hoçë e Madhe.

Village
Photo: Gregor Joham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Velika Hoča/Велика Хоча is a village in the municipality of Rahovec, in . The village has 411 inhabitants, of whom 5 are ethnic Albanians and 406 are Serbs according to the 2011 census.

Rahovec

Latitude
42.3999° or 42° 23′ 60″ north
Longitude
20.6527° or 20° 39′ 10″ east
Population
15,800
Elevation
393 metres (1,289 feet)
Open location code
8GJ29MX3+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1379511730
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
787456
Wiki­data ID
Q733155
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Rahovec” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Rahovec”
  • Albanian: “Rahoveci”
  • Arabic: “أوراخوفاتش”
  • Asturian: “Orahovac”
  • Bengali: “ওরাহোভাক”
  • Bulgarian: “Ораховац”
  • Catalan: “Orahovac”
  • Catalan: “Rahoveci”
  • Cebuano: “Orahovac”
  • Chinese: “奧拉霍瓦茨”
  • Croatian: “Orahovac”
  • Czech: “Orahovac”
  • Danish: “Orahovac”
  • Dutch: “Rahovec”
  • Finnish: “Rahoveci”
  • French: “Orahovac”
  • French: “Rahovec”
  • German: “Orahovac”
  • German: “Rahovec”
  • Greek: “Οραχοβάκ”
  • Gujarati: “ઓહરોવાક”
  • Hindi: “ओराहोवाक”
  • Hungarian: “Orahovac”
  • Hungarian: “Rahovec”
  • Hungarian: “Rahoveci”
  • Indonesian: “Orahovac”
  • Indonesian: “Rahovec”
  • Interlingue: “Orahovac”
  • Italian: “Rahovec”
  • Japanese: “オラホヴァツ”
  • Japanese: “ラホヴェツィ”
  • Kannada: “ಒರಾಹೊವಾಕ್”
  • Korean: “오라호바크”
  • Latvian: “Orahovaca”
  • Lithuanian: “Orahovacas”
  • Lithuanian: “Rahovecas”
  • Macedonian: “Ораховац”
  • Malay: “Orahovac”
  • Marathi: “ओहोवाक”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Orahovac”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rahovec”
  • Norwegian: “Orahovac”
  • Norwegian: “Rahovec”
  • Persian: “راهووس”
  • Polish: “Orahovac”
  • Portuguese: “Orahovac”
  • Russian: “Ораховац”
  • Serbian: “Orahovac”
  • Serbian: “Ораховац”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Orahovac”
  • Sinhala: “ඔරහොවැක්”
  • Spanish: “Orahovac”
  • Swedish: “Orahovac (kommunhuvudort)”
  • Swedish: “Rahovec”
  • Tamil: “ஒரஹோவாகி”
  • Telugu: “ఓరాహోవాక్”
  • Thai: “ออราฮอวัตส์”
  • Turkish: “Rahofça”
  • Ukrainian: “Ораховац”
  • Ukrainian: “Ораховаць”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Orahovac”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Rahovec”
  • Urdu: “وراحوواک”
  • Vietnamese: “Orahovac”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Rahovec”. Photo: Bujar I Gashi, CC BY-SA 3.0.