Dragaš (town)

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Dragash
Sharri
Dragaš
Драгаш

Coat of Arms
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Location in Kosovo
General Information
Mayor	Halim Shemsidini
Land area	435
Altitude	?
Population (2000)	34,562
Population density (2000)	80
Coordinates	42.3°N 20.39°E
Postal code:	22000
Area code	+381 38
Time zone	UTC+1
Website	Municipal Dragash

Dragash or Sharri (Albanian) or Dragaš/Драгаш (Serbian) is a town situated in the south of Kosovo (under UN administration, formally part of Serbia), and is the administrative centre of the Dragash Municipality. The population of the town is about 35,000.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

The municipality of Dragash was created from merging of two former municipalities named Gora and Opoja.

[edit] Geography

The territory of the Dragash municipality lies in the northern latitude of 41 52' 30" to 42 09' 03" and longitude of 20 35' 39" to 20 48' 26". The whole territory is surrounded by Sharri mountain range, then Koritniku Mountain, mountain Gjalic and Cylen in the direction of Prizren. Only one part of the territory in Prizren direction is hilly with a relatively slight slope by which this territory is connected with Prizren basin and through Prizren with the world.

[edit] See also

• Kosovo
• Prizreni District

[edit] References

• OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe documents foundit in interet 2006: mik/2005/02/1185_en.pdf
• PTK - Post and Telecommunictions of Kosovo, J.S.C documents foundit in interet 2006:KodePostare.pdf
• ENKEO Electronic Network of Kosovar Environmental Organization documents foundit in interet 2006: dragashi.pdf
• IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions documents foundit in interet 2006 kosorepo.htm#_Toc480784381

[edit] External links

• Municipal Dragash - officel site
• OSCE Municipal Profile of Dragash / Dragas
• SOK Kosovo and its population
• Menaxherat.Net - Faqja e Studentave te Menaxhmentit ne UP