Dragaš (town)

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Dragash
Sharri
Dragaš
Драгаш

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

Dragaš (Albanian: Dragash or Sharri; Serbian: Dragaš or Драгаш) is a town and municipality in southern Kosovo, a Serbian province under UN administration. The population of the town is about 35,000.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

The municipality of Dragaš was created by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) by merging the two former municipalities of Gora and Opolje; the government of Serbia does not recognise this act.

[edit] Geography

The territory of the Dragaš 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 Šar mountain range, then Koritnik 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] Demographics

In 2005, municipality have Albanian majority and large Gorani minority. [1]

[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