Гњилане
Gnjilane
Gjilani
Gjilan

Location in Kosovo
General Information
Mayor	Xhemajl Hyseni
Land area	515
Altitude	?
Population (2005)	130,000 [1]
Population density (2005)	253
Coordinates	?
Postal code:	{{{postal code}}}
Area code	+381 280
Time zone	UTC+1
Website	Municipality of Gjilan

Gnjilane (Serbian: Гњилане, or Gnjilane; Albanian: Gjilani or Gjilan) is a city and municipality in eastern Kosovo, a Serbian province under UN administration. Located at 42.47° North, 21.48° East, it is the administrative center of the Gjilani District. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (665x774, 29 KB) Gjilan map, Kosova 2006 File links The following pages link to this file: Gnjilane ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Postal codes are generally clearly visible outside local Australian post offices. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Serbian (српски језик; srpski jezik) is one of the standard versions of the Shtokavian dialect, used primarily in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, and by Serbs everywhere. ... For uses of the name Kosova, see Kosova (disambiguation). ... Anthem: Serbia() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city)  Belgrade Official languages Serbian written with the Cyrillic alphabet1 Government Parliamentary republic  -  President Boris Tadić  -  Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Establishment  -  Formation 8th century   -  Independence c. ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... Kosovo, Gjilani District Gnjilani District (Gnjilane District) is a district in Kosovo with Municipalities : Gjilan / Gnjilane Kamenicë / Kosovska Kamenica Viti / Vitina External links Municipality Of Gjilani Category: ...

Name and history

The origin of the town name is disputed. Albanian sources claim the town was established by the Gjinaj family in 1772, who arrived from Novo Brdo, one of the most important late-medieval cities in the central Balkans, with the founder of the city believed to be Bahti Beg Gjinolli.^{[citation needed]} Novo Brdo/Ново Брдо (Serbian) or Novobërda/Novobërdë (Albanian) is a town and municipality in Kosovo (under UN administration, formally part of Serbia). ...

Serbs claim that the name stems from the Serbian language word for "putrid" (gnjidav / gnjio)^{[citation needed]} and that it has been inhabited since the 14th Century.^{[citation needed]} Serbian (српски језик; srpski jezik) is one of the standard versions of the Shtokavian dialect, used primarily in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, and by Serbs everywhere. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ...

In 1999, Camp Monteith was established outside the city as a base of operations for KFOR during Operation Joint Guardian. A blindfolded KLA prisoner awaits interrogation at Camp Monteith, June 1999 Camp Monteith is a military base near Gnjilane, Kosovo. ... Pocket badge of the KFOR Ukrainian soldier on foot patrolling in Serbian village near Brezovica KFOR vehicle of the French Army The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international force responsible for establishing and maintaining security in Kosovo. ... Operation Joint Guardian was an military operation that occured inside the region of Kosovo, located inside the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ...

Population

In 1991, the municipality had a population of 103,675, including 90.54% Albanians, 7.83% Serbs and Montenegrins, etc.

In 2003, the Gnjilane municipality was estimated to have 133,724 citizens, out of which 79,898 live in the urban area.

Features

Gnjilane is now the administrative center of the Gjilani District of Kosovo. Since February 15, 2003, it is the headquarters of the Local Democracy Agency in Kosovo of the Council of Europe. Kosovo, Gjilani District Gnjilani District (Gnjilane District) is a district in Kosovo with Municipalities : Gjilan / Gnjilane Kamenicë / Kosovska Kamenica Viti / Vitina External links Municipality Of Gjilani Category: ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Council of Europe Flag: used by the Council of Europe The Council of Europe () is an international organization of 46 member states in the European region (with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Georgia and Cyprus also extending into Southwest Asia and Russia into North Asia). ...

See also

• Gjilani District

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Kosovo, Gjilani District Gnjilani District (Gnjilane District) is a district in Kosovo with Municipalities : Gjilan / Gnjilane Kamenicë / Kosovska Kamenica Viti / Vitina External links Municipality Of Gjilani Category: ...

References

External links

• OSCE Profile of the Municipality of Gjilan-Gnjilane
• Photo of Gjilan-Gnjilane
• Pictures of NATO bombing of Gjilan-Gnjilane
• SOK Kosovo and its population