District of Gjilan

District of Kosovo

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The District of Gjilan (Albanian: Rajoni i Gjilanit; Serbian: Гњилански округ, romanized: Gnjilanski okrug) is one of the seven districts (the higher-level administrative divisions) of Kosovo. Its seat is in the city of Gjilan.

History

Anamorava, literally "side of river of Morava", is the hilly countryside in south eastern Kosovo south of Gjilan and on the Binačka Morava.^[3] It stretches eastward to the Preševo (Presheva) valley in southern Serbia. The mountains in this region rise to an altitude of 1,000 to 1,200 meters, and culminate in the Skopska Crna Gora region bordering neighboring North Macedonia north of Skopje.^[3]

Municipalities

The district of Gjilan has a total of 6 municipalities and 287 other smaller settlements:

Municipality	Population (2011)	Area (km2)	Density (km2)	Settlements
Gjilan	90,015	385	233.8	54
Viti	46,959	278	168.9	39
Kamenica	35,600	423	84.2	58
Ranilug	3,866	78	49.6	13
Klokot	2,556	24	106.5	4
Parteš	1,787	18	99.3	3
Gjilan District	180,783	1,206	149.9	287

Ethnic groups

In 1991, all municipalities of the district had an Albanian majority: Gjilan (76.54%), Kamenica (73.05%), Viti (78.68%).

In the 2011 census, after the creation of new municipalities with Serb population, Albanians are the majority in: Gjilan (97.4%), Kamenica (94.7%), Viti (99.3%), and in Klokot (53.3%). Serbs are the majority in Parteš (99.9%) and in Ranilug (95.49%).

Overall, the largest ethnic group are Albanians and the biggest minority group are Serbs.

Ethnic groups in 2011 census:

	Number	%
TOTAL	181,459	100
Albanians	170,053	93.7
Serbs	8,945	4.9
Turks	988	0.5
Roma (Ashkali)	652	0.4
Others and no response	686	0.4

References

^ "Rajoni Gjilan". gjiganti.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012.
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ ^a ^b Elsie, Robert (2010). Historical Dictionary of Kosovo. Scarecrow Press. p. 29. ISBN 9780810874831.