Lipljan

Lipljan
Municipality and town
Albanian: Lipjan / Lipjani Serbian: Липљан / Lipljan
Lipljan Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°32′N 21°06′E / 42.533°N 21.100°E / 42.533; 21.100
Country	Kosovo[lower-alpha 1]
District	District of Pristina
Government
• Mayor	Imri Ahmeti LDK
Area
• Total	338 km2 (131 sq mi)
Elevation	563 m (1,847 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	58,373
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	14000
Area code(s)	+381 38
Car plates	01
Website	kk.rks-gov.net/lipjan/

Lipjan (in Albanian: Lipjani) or Lipljan (in Serbian: Липљан) is a city and municipality in the District of Pristina of central Kosovo.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Name

The name of the town, Lipljan, is derived from the Serbian lipa, "linden tree", referring to the local foliage.^[1] The name lipa is often used in South Slavic toponyms.^[1] The Roman city of Ulpiana was located near Lipljan and it was named in honor of the Roman Emperor Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus. The neo-Latin form Lypenion for the city occurs for the first time in a Greek text from 1018 AD.

Municipality

History

Roman period

Ulpiana played an important role in the development of the most important cities in the Roman province of Dardania.

Middle Ages

Lipljan was the seat of medieval Eparchy of Lipljan that existed up to the beginning of 18 century. The Gračanica monastery was built in 1321, on the ruins of two older churches.

Demographics

See also

• District of Pristina
• Staro Gracko massacre

Notes and references

Notes:

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lipjan.

External links

• OSCE Profile of Lipjan

Coordinates: 42°31′48″N 21°08′19″E / 42.53000°N 21.13861°E / 42.53000; 21.13861

Municipalities of Kosovo1
Ferizaj District	Ferizaj (Uroševac) Elez Han (Đeneral Janković) Kaçanik Štimlje Štrpce
Gjakova District	Deçan Gjakova Junik Orahovac
Gjilan District	Gjilan Kamenica Klokot Parteš Ranilug Vitina
Mitrovica District	Leposavić Mitrovica North Mitrovica Skenderaj (Srbica) Vučitrn Zubin Potok Zvečan
Peć District	Peć Istok Klina
Pristina District	Glogovac Kosovo Polje (Fushë Kosovë) Gračanica Obilić Lipljan Novo Brdo Podujevo Pristina
Prizren District	Mališevo Mamuša Prizren Dragaš Suva Reka
1 Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states.

Largest cities or towns in Kosovo 2015 estimate
	Rank	Name	Districts	Pop.	Rank	Name	Districts	Pop.
Pristina Prizren	1	Pristina	Pristina	210,722	11	Glogovac (Drenas)	Pristina	61,522	Ferizaj (Uroševac) Peć
	2	Prizren	Prizren	186,860	12	Lipljan	Pristina	60,517
	3	Ferizaj (Uroševac)	Ferizaj (Uroševac)	114,087	13	Orahovac	Gjakova	59,021
	4	Peć	Peć	100,081	14	Mališevo	Prizren	58,198
	5	Gjakova	Gjakova	98,240	15	Skenderaj (Srbica)	Mitrovica	52,951
	6	Gjilan	Gjilan	93,291	16	Vitina	Gjilan	48,861
	7	Podujevo	Pristina	91,642	17	Deçan	Peć	41,523
	8	Mitrovica	Mitrovica	85,910	18	Istok	Peć	40,935
	9	Vučitrn	Mitrovica	72,780	19	Klina	Peć	40,675
	10	Suva Reka	Prizren	62,913	20	Kosovo Polje (Fushë Kosova)	Pristina	38,265