Prizren

**Prizren** ( or *Prizreni*; , ; ) is a historic ceety locatit in Kosovo. It is the admeenistrative centre o the eponymous municipality an destrict. The ceety haes a population o aroond 178,000 (2011 census preliminary results), maistly Albanies. Prizren is locatit on the slopes o the Šar Muntains () in the soothren pairt o Kosovo. The municipality haes a mairch wi Albanie an the Republic o Macedonie.

## Cultur
Prizren is the seat o a simmer documentary film festival cried Dokufest. The ceety is hame tae numerous mosques, Orthodox an Catholic kirks an ither monuments. Amang them:

* Saunt Archangels Monastery
* League o Prizren Monument
* Kaljaja fortress
* Kirk o Holy Salvation
* Our Lady o Ljeviš kirk
* Kirk o St. Nicholas
* Sinan Pasha Mosque
* Kirk o St. Kyriaki
* The Mosque o Muderis Ali Efendi
* The St. George Cathedral
* Mosque Katip Sinan Qelebi
* Cathedral o Oor Lady o Perpetual Succour
* The Lorenc Antoni Muisic schuil

## Economy
For a lang time the economy o Kosovo wis based on retail industrie fueled bi remittance income comin frae a lairge nummer o immigrant commonties in Wastren Europe. Private enterprise, maistly sma business, is slowly emerging food processin. Private businesses, lik elsewhare in Kosovo, predominantly face difficulties acause o lack o structural capacity tae grow.

Mony restaurants, private retail stores, an service-relatit businesses operate oot o sma shops. Lairger grocery an depairtment stores hae recently opened. In toun, thare are aicht sizeable mercats, includin three produce mercats, ane caur mercat, ane cattle mercat, an three personal/hygienic an hoose wares mercats. Thare is an abundance o kiosks sellin sma guids. Prizren appears tae be teeming wi economic prosperity, but appearances are deceivin as the internaitional presence is reducit an repatriation o refugees an internally displacit persons is spectit tae further strain the local economy. Mercat saturation, heich unemployment, an a reduction o financial remittances frae abroad are ominous economic indicators.

Thare are three agricultural co-operatives in three veelages. Maist livestock breedin an agricultural production is private, informal, an sma-scale. Thare are five operational banks wi branches in Prizren, the Micro Enterprise Bank (MEB), the Raiffeisen Bank, the Nlb Bank, the Teb Bank an the Payment and Banking Authority o Kosovo (BPK).

## Climate

## Offeecial leids
In Prizren, Albanie, Serbie, Bosnie an Turkis leids are offeecial leids.

## Demografics

Accordin tae the 1991 census conductit bi the Yugoslav authorities, the municipality o Prizren haed a population o 200,584 ceetizens:
* 157,518 (78.53%) Albanies
* 11,371 (5.67%) Serbs an Montenegrins
* ither' http://www.anem.org.rs/mape/ops/dg90255-en.htm
Accordin tae the same census, the ceety o Prizren haed 92,303 ceetizens.

Juist afore the Kosovo War in 1998, the Organization for Security an Co-operation in Europe estimatit the population o the municipality o Prizren:
* Albanies 78%
* Serbs 5%
* ithers 17%

Accordin tae a Unitit Naitions estimate in 2003, the ceety haed aboot 124,000 ceetizens, maist bein ethnic Albanies. Accordin tae the World Gazetteer, the ceety anerlie haed 131,247 residents in 2010.

## Sister ceeties

* **[[Bingen am Rhein]]**, Germany
* **[[Tirana]]**, Albanie
* **[[Durrës]]**, Albanie
* **[[Vlorë]]**, Albanie
* **[[Sarandë]]**, Albanie
* **[[Istanbul]]**, Turkey
* **[[Zagreb]]**, Croatie
* **[[Osijek]]**, Croatie
* **[[Mamuša]]**, Kosovo

## See an aw
* Destrict o Prizren
* League o Prizren

## Notes an references
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**References:**

## Freemit airtins

* Municipality o Prizren bi Republic o Kosovo
* Prizren, Serbie caipital