Geography

Land area: 10,908 km2

Terrain: Low flood plains throughout central Kosovo, surrounded by mountains to the north, west and south.

Land Use: 53% agriculture, 39% forests

Largest City: Prishtina - est. pop. 500,000

Population

Population Description: approximately 2.2 million people composed of about 90% Albanian, 5% Serbs, 2% Muslim Slavs (Bosniaks, Gorani), 2% Roma and 1% Turks

Distribution: 42% urban, 58% rural

Diaspora: app. 500,000 people living abroad.

Languages: Albanian, Serbian, English