Municipalities of Serbia - Municipalities and Cities of Kosovo

Municipalities and Cities of Kosovo

Serbian laws treat Kosovo as integral part of Serbia (Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija). The law on territorial organisation defines 28 municipalities and 1 city on the territory of Kosovo. But, since 1999, Kosovo is under United Nations' administration of UNMIK. The UNMIK administration changed territorial organisation on the territory of Kosovo. In 2000 the municipality of Gora was merged with Opolje (part of the Municipality of Prizren) into the new municipality of Dragaš and one new municipality was created: Mališevo. Later, from 2005 to 2008, seven new municipalities were created: Gračanica, Đeneral Janković, Junik, Parteš, Klokot-Vrbovac, Ranilug and Mamuša. Serbian government does not recognize this move, although some of these new-formed municipalities have Serb majority, and some Serbs participate in local elections. In three of those municipalities: Gračanica, Klokot-Vrbovac and Ranilug, Serbian parties won majority in the 2009 elections.

Further information: Serbia's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence