Parteš

Parteš
Municipality
Albanian: Partesh
Serbian: Партеш / Parteš

Church of the Holy Trinity in Parteš
Parteš

Location in Kosovo

Coordinates: 42°24′07″N 21°26′01″E / 42.40194°N 21.43361°E / 42.40194; 21.43361Coordinates: 42°24′07″N 21°26′01″E / 42.40194°N 21.43361°E / 42.40194; 21.43361
Country Kosovo [lower-alpha 1]
District District of Gjilan
Area
  Total 29 km2 (11 sq mi)
Elevation 473 m (1,552 ft)
Population (2014)
  Total 1,738
  Density 60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Website Official website

Parteš (Albanian: Partesh, Serbian: Партеш) is a town and municipality in the District of Gjilan of Kosovo.[lower-alpha 1] The municipality is inhabited exclusively by ethnic Serbs (2011 census). It is located 8 km (5 mi) south-west of Gjilan.

Municipality

Parteš, in relation to Gjilan.
Parteš municipality.

There are three settlements in the municipality:

Notes

  1. 1 2 Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References

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