Pristina

Pristina
Municipality and city
From top to bottom, left to right: View of Pristina, Goddess on the Throne, Newborn Monument, Kosovo Museum, Clock Tower of Pristina, Great Hamam and Imperial Mosque and Skanderbeg Monument.
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Coordinates: 42°39′48″N 21°9′44″E / 42.66333°N 21.16222°E / 42.66333; 21.16222
Country	Kosovo
District	Pristina
Municipality	Pristina
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Mayor	Përparim Rama (LDK)
• Council	Pristina Municipal Council
Area
• Municipality[1]	523.13 km2 (201.98 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Urban	161,751
• Rural	37,146
• Municipality[2]	198,897
Demonym(s)	Prishtinas(e) Prishtinali(e)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	10000
Area code	+383 (0) 38
Motorways
Major airport	Adem Jashari Airport
Vehicle registration	01
Website	kk.rks-gov.net/prishtine/

Pristina^[3] or Prishtina (UK: /ˈpriːʃtɪnə, prɪʃˈtiːnə/,^[4] US: /ˈprɪʃtɪnə, -nɑː/;^[5] Albanian: Prishtina or Prishtinë [pɾiʃˈtinə] (listen); Serbian: Приштина) is the capital city of Kosovo. It has a mostly Albanian population, but also some Serbs.^[6][7] It is in the north-eastern part of Kosovo, close to the Goljak mountains.

1. ↑ "Komisioni për majten e territorit të Republikës së Kosovës" (PDF) (in Albanian). Prime Minister Office of Kosovo. p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
2. ↑ "Regjistrimi i Popullsisë, Ekonomive Familjare dhe Banesave në Kosovë 2011 – Rezultatet Përfundimtare: Të Dhënat Demografike sipas Komunave" (PDF) (in Albanian). Kosovo Agency of Statistics. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
3. ↑ "Define Pristina". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
4. ↑ "Pristina". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
5. ↑ "Priština"^{[permanent dead link]} (US) and "Priština". Oxford Dictionaries UK Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
6. ↑ Prishtina Development Plan Document: http://prishtinaonline.com/uploads/prishtina_pzhk_2012-2022_shqip%20(1).pdf
7. ↑ Official gov't census: http://esk.rks-gov.net/rekos2011/repository/docs/REKOS%20LEAFLET%20ALB%20FINAL.pdf Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine