Okrug Kosovo

Косовски Округ Kosovski Okrug
Situation in Serbia
State :	Serbia
Area :	3,117 km²
Capital :	Pristina / Prishtina

The Okrug Kosovo ( Serbian Косовски округ Kosovski okrug ) is an administrative district according to the Serbian administrative structure in the center of the province of Kosovo and Metohija . For today's subdivision of the administrative districts in Kosovo , the actual Okrug Kosovo was divided into the administrative district Pristina and the administrative district Ferizaj .

On February 17th, 2008 the parliament of Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. Since then, the status has been controversial internationally and the Serbian district division is only theoretically existent.

The area consists of the following municipalities:

• Podujevo ( Albanian  Podujeva )
• Pristina ( Albanian  Prishtina )
• Uroševac ( Albanian  Ferizaj )
• Obilić ( Albanian  Obiliq / Kastriot )
• Glogovac ( Albanian  Drenas )
• Lipljan ( Albanian  Lipjan )
• Kosovo Polje ( Albanian  Fushë Kosova )
• Štimlje ( Albanian  Shtime )
• Štrpce ( Albanian  Shtërpca )
• Kačanik ( Albanian  Kaçanik )

The administrative seat was the city of Pristina .