page_title: Economy of Gjilan
section_title: The historical development of Gjilan
hierarchical_section_title: Economy of Gjilan / The historical development of Gjilan
caption_attribution_description: Shqip: Gjilani dikure 1925
context_page_description: The municipality of Gjilan is in the Anamorava Macroregion of Kosovo, with 42 villages a part of it. Due to the overall increase in economic development, Gjilan has become a known administrative, commercial and industrial region. Territory of Gjilan's municipality currently has an area of 391 km with approximately 130,000 residents. The entire territory owns about 24,230 hectares of farmland, from which 18,224 hectares are considered to be agricultural land which produce a variety of traditional crops. Gjilan is well posiitoned geographically as an administrative unit. Automobile highways roads permit good communication and movement of goods and people, connecting with Prishtina, Vitia, Ferizaj, Kamenica, Bujanovac, and other centers of Kosovo. Thus, Gjilan was and is an important strategic center that has an economic impact to the region.
  Natural resources in the region have been exploited since the Middle Ages. Notable resources include potassium, magnesium, and the thermal mineral water, or hot springs.
context_section_description: Historically, Gjilan’s economy was based mostly on agriculture. Land was worked with simple and primitive tools, producing low agriculture yield. Most production was for domestic consumption, not export.
  Regional agricultural output traditionally included: poultry, livestock, handicrafts, arboriculture, vegetable production.
caption: Gjilani 1925
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