Districts of Kosovo - UNMIK Reform of 2000

UNMIK Reform of 2000

The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) introduced the following changes to the districts and municipalities of Kosovo (UNMIK) in 2000:

  • on the territory of the Kosovska Mitrovica District it made new District of Kosovska Mitrovica.
  • on the territory of the Peć District it made new District of Peć and District of Đakovica and additionally:
    • it transferred the municipality of Orahovac to the District of Đakovica.
  • it split the Kosovo District in two – the new District of Pristina and District of Uroševac.
  • it renamed the Kosovo-Pomoravlje District as the District of Gnjilane.
    • it transferred the municipality of Novo Brdo to the District of Pristina.
  • it reformed the Prizren District into District of Prizren by the following:
    • it merged the municipalities of Gora and Opolje into the new municipality of Dragaš
    • it formed new municiaplity Mališevo by taking territories from the municipalities of Orahovac (Prizren District/District of Đakovica), Suva Reka (District of Prizren), Klina (District of Peć) and Glogovac (Kosovo District/District of Priština).
    • it transferred the bigger part of Orahovac municipality that is outside of the new municipality of Mališevo to the District of Đakovica.

Serbia protested about the new territorial division and does not see it as legitimate, but by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo administration implemented it regardless of Serbia's protests, because it has such authority established by virtue of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244.

The UNMIK administration (established in 1999), replaced the Districts of Kosovo and Metohia with new districts of Kosovo (UNMIK). The new districts are:

District Capital Area
in km²		 Population
in 2002 (rank)		 Population
per km²		 Municipalities
District of Đakovica

 Đakovica 1042 242,077 232
  • Đakovica
  • Dečani
  • Orahovac
District of Gnjilane

 Gnjilane
  • Gnjilane
  • Kosovska Kamenica
  • Vitina
District of Kosovska Mitrovica

 Kosovska Mitrovica
  • Kosovska Mitrovica
  • Leposavić
  • Srbica
  • Vučitrn
  • Zubin Potok
  • Zvečan
District of Peć

 Peć
  • Peć
  • Istok
  • Klina
District of Pristina

 Pristina
  • Pristina
  • Glogovac
  • Kosovo Polje
  • Lipljan
  • Novo Brdo
  • Obilić
  • Podujevo
District of Prizren

 Prizren
  • Prizren
  • Dragaš
  • Suva Reka
  • Mališevo
District of Uroševac

 Uroševac
  • Uroševac
  • Štimlje
  • Kačanik
  • Štrpce

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