UNMIK
PROVISIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF SELF-GOVERNMENT INSTITUCIONET E PĖRKOHSHMVE VETQEVERISĖSE PRIVREMENE INSTITUCIJE SAMOUPRAVLJANJA
Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning Ministria e Ambientit dhe Planifikimit Hapėsinor Ministarstvo Sredine i Prostornog Planiranja

        

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 Geography and Climate
 

Kosovo is landlocked and has a surface area of 10,877 km2 in the center of the Balkan Peninsula. It is bordered by Macedonia (FYROM) , Albania , Serbia Proper and Montenegro . It has a varied terrain with high planes at around 500 meters above sea level along with rolling hills and mountains some of which reaching a altitude of over 2000 meters. With its particular location at the center of the Balkans it has rivers flowing into 3 distinct seas; the Adriatic, the Aegean and the Black Sea (danube Bassin)

 

Figure 1: Administrative Map of Kosovo ==>>
 
 

The climate is mainly continental with some Mediterranean and alpine influences, summers are warm and winters cold. The temperature extremes range from + 35 C in summer , to  – 20 C in the winters .
 
 

The administrative capital and largest town is Prishtina/Pristina, while other big cities are  Prizren, Peja/Pec, Mitrovica, Gjilan, Ferizaj/Urosevac and  Djakova/Djakovica. Kosovo is separated in 30 Municipalities