Mitrovicë
Косовска Митровица
Kosovska Mitrovica

Location in Kosovo
General Information
Mayor	Mursel Ibrahimi
Land area	350
Altitude
Population (1998)	110.310 [1]
Population density (1998)	315
Coordinates	52 31 N 13 24 E
Postal code:	40000
Area code	+381 28
Time zone	UTC+1
Website	KK Mitrovica

Mitrovica or Mitrovicë (Albanian) or Kosovska Mitrovica/Косовска Митровица (Serbian) is a city located in the north of Kosovo at 42.89° North, 20.87° East. The city was previously known as Titova Mitrovica. The city is one of the oldest known settlements in Kosovo, first being mentioned in written documents during the Middle Ages. The name Mitrovicа comes from the 14th century, from Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki but there are some other legends on the origin of its name. Nearby Mitrovica there is a mediaval fortress Zvečan which played an important role in the time of the Kingdom of Serbia under Nemanjić's rule. Under Ottoman rule Mitrovica was a typical small Oriental city. Rapid development came in the 19th century after iron ore was discovered and mined in the region, providing what has historically been one of Kosovo's largest industries. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (665x774, 29 KB) Mitrovicë map, Kosova 2006 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Kosovska Mitrovica ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. ... 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 postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. ... 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. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... The Serbian language is one of the standard versions of the Å tokavian dialect, used primarily in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and by Serbs everywhere. ... For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... 12th-century mosaic depicting St Demetrios, from the Golden-Roofed Monastery in Kiev. ... Zvečan/Звечан (Serbian) or Zveqan or Zveqani (Albanian) is a town and municipality in Kosovo. ... The Kingdom of Serbia was a very real era. ... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Söğüt (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Ä°stanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanl... This heap of iron ore pellets will be used in steel production. ...

Before the 1999 Kosovo War, Mitrovica municipality had a population estimated by the OSCE to comprise some 116,500 people, 81% of them Kosovo Albanian, 10% Serb and the remainder other nationalities (notably Roma). Most of the non-Albanians lived in the town of Mitrovica, which had a population of 68,000 – 71% Kosovo Albanian, with approximately 9,000 Serbs and 10,141 other nationalities. Kosovo Albanians lived throughout the city, but most Serbs lived in the north side, divided from the predominantly Albanian south side by the Ibar River. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is an international organization for security. ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The Roma people (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom), often referred to as gypsies, are a heterogeneous ethnic group who live primarily in Southern and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, Latin America, the southern part of the United States and the Middle East. ... The Ibar river is a river in southern Serbia and Montenegro, with a total length of 276 km (171 miles). ...

Mitrovica during and after the Kosovo War

Both the town and municipality were badly affected by the war. According to the OSCE, the area had been the scene of guerrilla activity by the Kosovo Liberation Army prior to the war. It came under the command of NATO's French sector; 7,000 French troops are stationed in the western sector with their HQ in Kosovska Mitrovica. They were reinforced with a contingent of 1,200 troops from the United Arab Emirates. Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës. ...

In the aftermath of the war, the town became a symbol of Kosovo's ethnic divisions. The badly damaged southern half of the town was repopulated by an estimated 50,000 Albanians. Their numbers have since grown with the arrival of refugees from destroyed villages in the countryside. Most of the approximately 6,000 Roma fled to Serbia. In the north, some 8-10,000 Kosovo Serbs remained in their homes, with 2,000 Kosovo Albanians and 1,700 Muslim Slavs living in discrete enclaves on the north bank of the Ibar. Almost all of the Serbs living on the south bank were displaced to the north. In 2003 the city had an estimated total population of 75,600 and the municipality's population is estimated to be some 105,000. Motto: none Anthem: Bože Pravde Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Official language(s) Serbian1 Government Republic  - President Boris Tadić  - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Independence    - Formation of Serbia 850   - From the Ottoman Empire July 13, 1878   - Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes formed December 1, 1918   - Socialist Federal Republic... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Mitrovica became the focus for ethnic clashes between the two communities, exacerbated by the presence of nationalist extremists on both sides. The bridges linking the two sides of the town were guarded by armed groups determined to prevent incursions by the other side. Because of the tense situation in the town, KFOR troops and the UNMIK police were stationed there in large numbers to head off trouble. However, violence and harassment was often directed against members of the "wrong" ethnic community on both sides of the river, necessitating the presence of troops and police checkpoints around individual areas of the city and even in front of individual buildings. 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. ... The United Nations Mission in Kosovo or UNMIK is an interim civilian administration of the Serbian province (as part of Serbia and Montenegro) called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), under the authority of the United Nations. ...

On March 17, 2004, the drowning of one Albanian child in the river prompted major ethnic violence in the town and a Serbian teenager was killed in a Drive-by by Albanians. Demonstrations by thousands of angry Albanians and Serbs mobilised to stop them crossing the river degenerated into rioting and gunfire, leaving at eight Albanians dead and at least 300 injured. The bloodshed sparked off the worst unrest in Kosovo seen since the end of the 1999 war. March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... driev by is formed of Blaze ya dead homie and ABK the just released there first album as drive by the title is called pony down. ... Violent unrest in Kosovo (a United Nations-administrated province of Serbia officially called Kosovo and Metohija) broke out on March 17, 2004. ...

Demographics

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See also

• Kosovo Serb enclaves
• Roma in Mitrovica Camps

Kosovo Serb Enclaves are the few remaining areas of the Serbian province of Kosovo where Serbs, Roma and other non-Albanians live. ... Roma in Mitrovica Camps is the description used for about 500-700 Roma people living in three UN-created refugee camps in Mitrovica, Kosovo. ...

External links

• OSCE:Profile of Mitrovicë / Mitrovica
• HCIC, Mitrovica Situation - HCIC, UNHCR, WEU, KFOR (22 Mar 2000)
• Mitrovica Situation - HCIC, UNHCR, WEU, KFOR (24 Feb 2000)
• SOK Kosovo and its population
• Mitrovica's Future: Uniting the City or Dividing Kosovo? U.S. Institute of Peace, Audio, June 2006

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