| North Kosovska Mitrovica Severna Kosovska Mitrovica Ceвepнa Косовска Митровица |
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| View of the North Kosovska Mitrovica, with Zvečan Fortress on the mountain to the left | |
| District | District of Kosovska Mitrovica |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Krstimir Pantić |
| Population (2008)[2] | |
| • Total | 22,000 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| Area code(s) | +381 28 |
| Website | http://www.kosmit.org/ |
North Kosovska Mitrovica is the northern part of the city of Kosovska Mitrovica, which the river Ibar divides from the rest of the city. It is a part and de facto capital of North Kosovo, a region with an ethnic Serb majority that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of the ethnic-Albanian-majority Kosovo and acts as the region's capital. It covers 1/5 of Kosovska Mitrovica and has a population of over 22,000 people of whom 19,000 are Serbians, 2,000 Albanians and 1,000 other minorities.[1]
North Kosovska Mitrovica currently represents the most important political, educational and health centers for Serbians in Kosovo. It is the only urban area in Kosovo where Serbs are the ethnic majority. In the city the University of Pristina is located, which is under war circumstances relocated from Pristina to Mitrovica and which is the only University where Serbs and other Slavic speakers are able to attend schooling in Kosovo. Also, there is a Clinical Center, which is the only safe health center for Serbs in Kosovo.[2]
In the future, North Kosovska Mitrovica might receive the status of a separate municipality which would be administratively divided from South Mitrovica and have its own mayor and local government. This alternative has come to be supported by the international community and the Albanian politicians while Serbs are still considering this option.[3]
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The city is known as North Kosovska Mitrovica (Северна Косовска Митровица) in Serbian , as northern part of the divided city of Kosovska Mitrovica
The FK Partizan Kosovska Mitrovica football club is located in this part of the city.
Serbian faculties of the University of Pristina were relocated from Pristina to Kosovska Mitrovica after the Kosovo War.
During the Kosovo Rampage of 2004, when Albanians attacked Serbs, burning and destroying their homes, many Serbs from central Kosovska Mitrovica and other parts of the province found shelter and refuge in Kosovska Mitrovica. The entire Kosovska Mitrovica is under protection of the French KFOR Battalion.
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