Peć District
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- Note: this is article about former district of the Serbian government in Kosovo. For the current UNMIK district, see District of Peja/Peć article.
 Peć District within Kosovo |
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| Capital | Peć |
| Area – Total – % water |
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| Population – Total – Density |
414,187 ? |
The Peć District or Peja District (Serbian: Пећки округ or Pećki okrug), also called Dukagjin or Regjioni i Pejës in Albanian, was a district in Kosovo between 1990 and 1999. It was located in the west part of Kosovo. It had a population of 414,187, 90% of them were Albanians, but there also lived another ethnic groups such as Serbs, Roma, etc. Its seat was in the city of Peć (Peja).
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[edit] Municipalities
It included the municipalities of:
- Peć (Albanian: Pejë/Peja, in medieval history also known as Ipek ; the Western practice is to mention Albanian masculine place-names in the indefinite, and the feminine names in the definite forms ; hence, "Peja" and not "Pejë", "Istog" and not "Istogu")
- Istok (Albanian: Istog, or, more recently also known as Burim, the Albanian translation of the Serbian Istok : "Spring")
- Klina (Albanian: Klina)
- Dečani (Albanian: Deçan)
- Đakovica (Albanian: Gjakova)
[edit] Culture and history
Peć is first mentioned in 1302, as a seat of the Serbian Patriarchy. The Patriarchate of Peć consists of a group of monasteries and has been the seat of the Serb Archbishops and Patriarchs for about 200 years since its foundation.
It is famous for the Patriarchate of Peć Church, the official residence of the Patriarchs of the Serb Orthodox Church. The Patriarchy was restored by the Muslim Serb Mehmed Paša Sokolović from Eastern Bosnia, who was the Ottoman Vizier. However the Patriarchs do not actually reside here for many years, they reside in Belgrade.
The frescoes from the church of St. Apostles, dating from the thirteenth century, rank among the most remarkable creations of medieval Serbian painting. In the course of history, the churches and other buildings of the Peć Patriarchy were several times destroyed and reconstructed, and its final appearance they received in 1931-1932. The Visoki Dečani Monastery is one of the most grandiose monuments of the Serb medieval culture. It is the endowment of King Stefan Dečanski, built from 1327 to 1335.
[edit] Economy
The following companies are most prominent in the Peja District: leather and footwear, forestry, industrial, agricultural-industrial, and a car spare-parts factory.
