page_title: Districts of Kosovo
section_title: UNMIK reform of 2000
hierarchical_section_title: Districts of Kosovo / UNMIK reform of 2000
context_page_description: A District is the highest level of administrative divisions of Kosovo. The districts of Kosovo are based on the Serbian Districts of Kosovo and Metohija.
context_section_description: The UNMIK administration (established in 1999), replaced the Districts of Kosovo and Metohija with new districts of Kosovo (UNMIK).
  Under the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), established in 1999, new districts were formed in 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 Mitrovica.
  on the territory of the Peć District it made new District of Peć and District of Gjakova and additionally:
  it transferred the municipality of Orahovac to the District of Gjakova.
  it split the Kosovo District in two – the new District of Pristina and District of Ferizaj.
  it renamed the Kosovo-Pomoravlje District as the District of Gjilan.
  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 municipality Mališevo by taking territories from the municipalities of Orahovac (District of Gjakova), Suva Reka (District of Prizren), Klina (District of Peć) and Glogovac (District of Pristina).
  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.
caption: UNMIK's districts of Kosovo
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