Gjilani
Gnjilane

Location in Kosovo
General Information
Mayor	Xhemajl Hyseni
Land area	515
Altitude	{{{altitude}}}
Population (2005)	130,000 [1]
Population density (2005)	253
Coordinates	[2]
Area code	+381 280
Subdivisions	--
Time zone	UTC+1
Website	Municipality of Gjilan

Gjilani (Albanian: Gjilan or Gjilani, in Serbian:Гњилане or Gnjilane ) is a city located in Kosovo, at 42.47° North, 21.48° East. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ... 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. ... UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... The Serbian language is one of the standard versions of the Å tokavian dialect (former standard was known as Serbo-Croatian language). ... For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ...

Albanian sources prove that the history of Gnjilane dates back to 1772 and it was established by Gjinaj family (hence the name). Gjinaj family arrived in the city from the medivial town of Novo Brdo. The founder of the city is known as Bahti Beg Gjinolli. Serbs claim that its name stems from the word "putrid" in the Serbian language. 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Novo Brdo (Ново Брдо, New Hill) is a town and municipality in Kosovo. ... The Serbian language is one of the standard versions of the Štokavian dialect (former standard was known as Serbo-Croatian language). ...

In 2003, Gjilan municipality was estimated to have 133.724 citizens, out of which 79.898 live in the urban area. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Gnjilane/Gjilan is now the administrative center of the Gjilani District of Kosova. Since February 15, 2003, Gjilan 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: ... The Palace of Europe in Strasbourg The Council of Europe (French: Conseil de lEurope, German: Europarat) is an international organisation of 46 member states in the European region. ...

External links

• OSCE Municipalit profile of Gjilan / Gnjilane