Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
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Kosovo
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Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on 17th February 2008. It is not recognised by a large number of countries. About 5.3% of the population are ethnic Serbs, concentrated in the municipalities of Leposavić/Leposaviq , Zubin Potok
and Zvečan/Zveçan
north of Mitrovica
on the Serbian border, around Štrpce/Shtërpcë
on the Macedonian border, and in pockets throughout the rest of the country. It is likely that in many of these areas Serbian currency, postal codes and so on will continue to be used.
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here
and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here
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Kosovo - Country information
Local short name form
Official name
Area
Population
Capital
Currency
1 Euro (€) (ISO 4217=EUR) = 100 Euro cents. The Serbian dinar is used in the northern Serb enclaves: 1 Serbian Dinar (D, Din) (ISO 4217=RSD) = 100 para
International telephone access code
ISO 3166 country codes
Car nationality plate code
Internet country code
GRC Country Code
Kosovo - Number format
Note: This section last updated 6th May 2021
In Albanian:
1 234,45
(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)
In Serbian:
1.234,45
(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator)
Kosovo - Date and time formats
Kosovo - Languages
Gheg-Albanian is spoken by the majority of the population, with Serbian
spoken by the minority Serbian population. Both are official languages. Other languages found are Turkish, Gorani, Romani and Bosnian.
Kosovo - Address format
Addresses are formatted in this way:
Name thoroughfare type[ ]Thoroughfare name[ ]number postal code[ ]SETTLEMENT
For example:
Addresses will also be found written in Serbian.
A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired
Kosovo - Post office box
This is written kutia postare nr. (abbreviated to K.P.) in Albanian. In Serbian it is either Poštanski Fah, abbreviated to PF or Poštanski Pregradak, abbreviated to PP .
Kosovo - Postal codes
Kosovo started using its own postal code (Kodi Postar or Poštanski Kod) system, also a block of 5 digits (often written with a space between the second and third digits), in 2005. The codes for Prishtina begin with 10, Prizreni with 20, Peja with 30, Mitrovica with 40, Gjakova with 50, Gjilani with 60, and Ferizaj with 70. Serbian codes are likely to continue to be used in the main Serbian enclaves.
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
Kosovo - Postal code format graphic
Kosovo - Postal code format
Kosovo - Postal code specifics
Kosovo - Postal code regular expression
\A(1[0-6]( )[0-9][0-9][0-9]|2[0-4]( )[0-9][0-9][0-9]|3[0-2]( )[0-9][0-9][0-9]|4[0-3]( )[0-9][0-9][0-9]|5[0-1]( )[0-9][0-9][0-9]|6[0-2]( )[0-9][0-9][0-9]|7[0-3]( )[0-9][0-9][0-9])\Z
Kosovo - Postal code level of coverage
Kosovo - Postal code map
Place names in Kosovo
Note: This section last updated 1st November 2016
Given the political situation, settlement names used will increasingly be the Albanian rather than the Serbian version, but the use of the version which matches the language of the recipient is essential.
Refer to Exonyms in Kosovo for full lists of place names in Kosovo in other languages.
Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm
Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm
Kosovo - Administrative districts
Kosovo is divided into seven districts (the list below is written Serbian name/Albanian name):
Đakovica/Gjakova
Gnjilane/Gjilani
Kosovska Mitrovica/Mitrovica
Peć/Peja
Priština/Prishtina
Prizren/Prizreni
Uroševac/Ferizaji
These are further divided into 30 municipalities.
Administrative districts graphic
Telephone numbers in Kosovo
Note: This section last updated 14th June 2017
Kosovan numbers have 8 digits. Mobile numbers commence with a 4.
References
- ^ citypopulation.de/en/kosovo/admin/
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