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The District of Peja (Albanian: Pejë or Peja; Serbian: Пећ or Peć; Turkish: İpek) is one of the biggest districts located in the northern hemisphere of Kosovo. Istog and Klina are the two biggest cities after Peja belonging to this particular district. During the course of history, numerous religions dominated in the aforementioned district starting from Illyrian ‘polytheist religions’, to Catholicism to Islam. Despite the numerous ethnic frictions in the region, its diverse religious groups have practiced their faiths openly and have largely lived in harmony.
District of Peja
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cities after Peja belonging to this particular district. During the course of history, numerous religions dominated in the aforementioned district starting...
crypto-Catholics in Prizren, Peja and Gjakova were recognised as Catholics by the Ottoman Grand Vizier in 1845. When the Laramans of Letnica asked the district governor...
The most common religionin Albania is Islam, with the second most common religion being Christianity. There are also a number of irreligious Albanians...
for Western Kosovo, having been in use since the 15th-16th century as part of the Sanjak of Dukakin with its capital Peja, and is named after the medieval...
Gjilan Peja Mitrovica Ferizaj Gjakova This is a list of cities and towns in the Kosovo in alphabetical order categorised by municipality or district, according...
added in 1902) Sanjak of İpek (with kaza-districts: Peja, Gjakova, Gusinje; also Berane and Rožaje added in 1902) Sanjak of Prizren (with kaza-districts: Prizren...
of Ipek (Peja/Pec) forced Albanian Catholic mountaineers to repopulate Kosovo by deporting them to Kosovo, and also forced them adopt Islam. In the 17th...
crypto-Catholics in Prizren, Peja and Gjakova were recognised as Catholics by the Ottoman Grand Vizier in 1845. When the laramans of Letnica asked the district governor...
NBA champion, 2023 NBA Finals MVP and five-time NBA All-Star), Predrag "Peja" Stojaković (2011 NBA champion and three-time NBA All-Star), and Vlade Divac...
Albanian colonists arrived in the 17th century to the towns of Pristina and Gjakova. In the 17th century the towns of Peja, Prizren, Prishtina were majority...
and coexistence in terms of religion and culture has been part of the society in the last centuries. During and after the Kosovo War in 1999, the US Army...
in the south-western part of Kosovo, about halfway between the cities of Peja and Prizren. It is approximately 100 km (62 mi) inland from the Adriatic...
outbreak of the Kosovo War in March 1999. Pristina was spared large scale destruction compared to towns like Gjakova or Peja that suffered heavily at the...
estimate. The country has no official religion. The constitution establishes Kosovo as a secular state that is neutral in matters of religious beliefs and...
internationally recognized in their fields, such as Nikola Tesla, Milutin Milanković, Sava Šumanović, Rade Šerbedžija, Siniša Mihajlović and Peja Stojaković. According...
the historical monuments are stationed in the district of the cities of Pristina, Prizren and Peja. Monuments in Kosovo mostly consist of ancient cities...
Roma (3.07%), Ashkali (2.68%), Serbs (1.28%) and Bosniaks (0.27%). By religion, 97.68% are Muslims. (Albanian definite form: Obliqi, pronounced [ɔbiˈlitʃi])...
faith. In the mid 18th century, Crypto-Catholics were widespread especially around Peja, Gjakova, and Prizren. A number of crypto-Catholics inPeja, Gjakova...
League of Peja (Besa-Besë) founded in 1897, executed its president Haxhi Zeka in 1902, and banned Albanian-language books and correspondence. In Macedonia...
then there are some indications at Grnčar Cave in the Viti municipality, Dema and Karamakaz Caves of Peja and others. However, life during the Paleolithic...
five districts. Reforms initiated by UNMIK in 2000 increased the number of districts to seven which were; District of Mitrovica, District of Peja, District...
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