A Kosovo district narrows a round down to a part of a very small country, and
the municipality is the tier that names a place. Six of the municipalities on
this map are younger than the country itself, created after 2008 for the Serb
communities, so any map or quiz drawn before then has fewer than there are
today.
- The quiz
- Name to place, on the map
- Grouped by
- District: all seven, from Pristina to Gjilan
- In the game
- 38 municipalities
What you are looking at
The komuna, Kosovo's only local tier: each is named for its main town and
drawn to take in the land around it. They range from Podujeva and Prizren,
which are wide enough to cross a plain, to Mamusha and North Mitrovica, which
are a few kilometres across and sit inside or beside much larger neighbours.
The two Mitrovicas are separate municipalities on this map. The one north of
the Ibar is North Mitrovica, and the rest of the old municipality is labelled
South Mitrovica here to tell them apart. The groups are the seven districts,
so the game lets you drill them one at a time. Each district answers under the
same name in Kosovo Districts.
How to place one
- Pick one district and learn it. Peja and Gjakova have three
municipalities each, which makes them the shortest rounds to start on.
- Anchor on the capital. Pristina is the large shape in the middle, and
Fushë Kosovë, Obiliq, Lipjan and Graçanica are packed around it.
- Read the north in a block. Mitrovica, Zveçan, Zubin Potok and
Leposaviq run up to the Serbian border, with North Mitrovica a small piece
at the heart of it.
- Treat the small ones as landmarks. Kllokot, Partesh, Ranillug and
Mamusha are the newest, and the ones most often missed.
Every municipality, by district
- Pristina District8 municipalities
- Drenas, Fushë Kosovë, Graçanica, Lipjan, Novobërdë, Obiliq, Podujeva, Pristina
- Peja District3 municipalities
- Istog, Klina, Peja
- Ferizaj District5 municipalities
- Ferizaj, Han i Elezit, Kaçanik, Shtërpcë, Shtime
- Mitrovica District7 municipalities
- Leposaviq, North Mitrovica, Skenderaj, South Mitrovica, Vushtrri, Zubin Potok, Zveçan
- Prizren District6 municipalities
- Dragash, Malisheva, Mamusha, Prizren, Rahovec, Suhareka
- Gjilan District6 municipalities
- Gjilan, Kamenica, Kllokot, Partesh, Ranillug, Viti
- Gjakova District3 municipalities
- Deçan, Gjakova, Junik
Worked examples
PristinaThe capitalPristina is a municipality of its own and holds roughly a fifth of the
country's people. It is in the middle of the east of the map, with Fushë
Kosovë, Obiliq and Graçanica next to it.
North MitrovicaThe smallest of themNorth Mitrovica is the smallest municipality on the map, a small town on the
north bank of the Ibar. It is easy to miss because it sits between much
larger neighbours.
PodujevaThe biggest of themPodujeva is the largest municipality by area, a wide block of the north-east
that runs up to the Serbian border.
Frequently asked questions
How many municipalities does Kosovo have?
38. The count has grown since independence in 2008, when new municipalities were created for the Serb communities at Graçanica, Kllokot, Ranillug, Partesh and Mamusha, and in the north, North Mitrovica.
Are the municipalities the same as the districts?
No. The seven districts are the tier above, and each municipality belongs to exactly one of them. Those are the groups in this quiz.
Why are the names written two ways?
Many municipalities have an Albanian and a Serbian name. This map uses the Albanian forms, the ones the source carries, which is why Graçanica has its Albanian cedilla rather than the Serbian caron.
The tier above this one is Kosovo Districts. For another
small country at this level, see Montenegro Municipalities.
Sources