Deçan

Deçan
Deçan or Deçani  (Albanian)
Дечани/Dečani or
Дечане/Dečane  (Serbian)
City and municipality
Visoki Dečani Monastery
Deçan
Deçan
Coordinates: 42°32′N 20°17′E / 42.533°N 20.283°E / 42.533; 20.283Coordinates: 42°32′N 20°17′E / 42.533°N 20.283°E / 42.533; 20.283
Country Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
District District of Gjakova
Municipalities Deçan Municipality
Government
 • Mayor Bashkim Ramosaj
 • Municipal 297 km2 (115 sq mi)
Elevation 550 m (1,800 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Urban 3,803
 • Municipal 40,019
 • Municipal density 130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 51000
Area code(s) +383 390
Car plates 03
Website kk.rks-gov.net/decan

Deçan (Albanian: Deçani), or Dečani or Dečane (Serbian Cyrillic: Дечани, pronounced [dɛ̌t͡ʃani] or Дечане), is a town located in Deçan Municipality in the Gjakova District of Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]. According to the 2011 census, the town of Deçan has 3,803 inhabitants, while the municipality has 40,019 inhabitants.

It is a mountainous area which borders Montenegro and Albania. There is a total of 36 villages within the municipality. The municipality covers an area of 371 km2.

During the 1998–1999 war, Deçan was one of the strongholds of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and subsequently suffered a large amount of infrastructure destruction by the Serbian police and paramilitary forces. Much reconstruction has taken place with the assistance of the international agencies and support from the Kosovo Albanian diaspora. It is widely known amongst the Serbian population for the Visoki Dečani monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Geography

Deçan lies in the Prokletije mountain region. It is surrounded by the Beleg Mountain.

Culture

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 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 formal recognition as an independent state from 113 out of 193 United Nations member states.

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