This article is about a region in Kosovo. For the river, see Drenica (river).
Historical region of Kosovo
Drenica
Historical region of Kosovo
Country
Kosovo
Municipalities
Drenas Skenderaj
Area
• Total
668 km2 (258 sq mi)
Population
(2011)
• Total
109,389
• Density
160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Drenica (Albanian: Drenicë, Drenica, Serbian Cyrillic: Дреница), also known as the Drenica Valley, is a hilly region in central Kosovo, covering roughly around 700 square kilometres (270 sq mi) of Kosovo's total area (6%). It consists of two municipalities, Drenas and Skenderaj, and several villages in Klina, Zubin Potok, Mitrovica and Vushtrri. It is located west of the capital, Pristina.
According to the 2011 Census, the population of the region is 109,389, excluding the surrounding villages. Albanians form the absolute majority of the region.[1]
^"UNDER ORDERS: War Crimes in Kosovo - 5. Drenica Region". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
Drenica (Albanian: Drenicë, Drenica, Serbian Cyrillic: Дреница), also known as the Drenica Valley, is a hilly region in central Kosovo, covering roughly...
The Drenica massacres (Serbian: Масакри у Дреници, Masakri u Drenici, Albanian: Masakra në Drenicë) were a series of killings of Kosovo Albanian civilians...
KF Drenica (Albanian: Klubi Futbollistik Drenica), commonly known as Drenica, is a professional football club based in Skënderaj, Kosovo, that competes...
in Europe. The lignite is distributed across the Kosovo, Dukagjin and Drenica Basins, although mining has so far been restricted to the Kosovo Basin...
(1830–1908) was a Kosovar wise old man and intellectual born in Abria village, Drenica region, Kosovo. He was the son of Sefer Kuçi. Educated at home as a youth...
nga Drenica" [Gashi and Peposhi leave Drenica]. Gazeta Infokus (in Albanian). 5 June 2018. "Hamiti largohet nga Drenica" [Hamiti leaves Drenica] (in...
civilian population. The large-scale revolt was centred in the region of Drenica, involving around 10,000 fighters under the command of Azem Galica. Azem...
national team. Rrahmani began his football career with the youth team of Drenica, where he was promoted to the senior team during the 2011–12 campaign where...
on 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2023-02-02. "Drenica bie nga Superliga për herë të parë në histori të klubit" [Drenica is relegated from the Superleague for...
a Kosovo Albanian military leader and Nazi collaborationist active in Drenica during World War II. He served in the Royal Albanian gendarmerie and as...
Albania. Selimi was born on September 25, 1970, in the village of Açarevë, Drenica.[citation needed] At the time, it was a part of SAP Kosovo. He finished...
Islam Dobra (1934–2012) is a historian and educator from the Drenica region of Kosovo. Dobra was born in the village of Vrbovac in the municipality of...
landrace in the area of the Drenica in Kosovo, and thus in the Albanian language it is commonly called Rooster of Drenica. The breed originated in the...
Kosovo consists of multiple geographic and ethnographic regions, such as Drenica, Dushkaja, Gollak, Has, Highlands of Gjakova, Llap, Llapusha and Rugova...
the municipality has 50,858 inhabitants. It is the largest city in the Drenica geographical region of Kosovo. It is mainly populated by ethnic Albanians...
January 2021, Silva joined Football Superleague of Kosovo side Drenica. His debut with Drenica came on 9 February in the 2020–21 Kosovar Cup round of 8 against...
professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Kosovo First League club Drenica. Nreca started playing football in Gjakova and was part of the youth team...
the KLA and served as deputy commander of the First Operative Zone, in Drenica. After the end of the Kosovo War and the dissolution of the KLA, Jashari...
July 2021. "Drenica prezanton edhe dy goditje të mëdha" [Drenica also presents two big hits]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 9 August 2021. "Drenica prezanton...
Albanian, is a village in Glogovac, central Kosovo. It is located in the geographical region of Drenica. Drenica 2011 Kosovo Census results Location v t e...
War Uprising in Drenica Christmas Uprising Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War Albanian-Yugoslav Border War (1921) Drenica-Junik Uprising World...
War Uprising in Drenica Christmas Uprising Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War Albanian-Yugoslav Border War (1921) Drenica-Junik Uprising World...
with some injured. There was an incident between the fans of Gjilan and Drenica and also the most dangerous incident was between Gjilan and Vëllaznimi...