Parteš

Parteš
Municipality
Albanian: Partesh Serbian: Партеш / Parteš
Church of the Holy Trinity in Parteš
Parteš Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°24′07″N 21°26′01″E / 42.40194°N 21.43361°E / 42.40194; 21.43361Coordinates: 42°24′07″N 21°26′01″E / 42.40194°N 21.43361°E / 42.40194; 21.43361
Country	Kosovo ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
District	District of Gjilan
Area
• Total	29 km² (11 sq mi)
Elevation	473 m (1,552 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	1,738
• Density	60/km² (160/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	Official website

Parteš (Albanian: Partesh, Serbian: Партеш) is a town and municipality in the District of Gjilan of Kosovo.^{[lower-alpha 1]} The municipality is inhabited exclusively by ethnic Serbs (2011 census). It is located 8 km (5 mi) south-west of Gjilan.

Municipality

Parteš, in relation to Gjilan.

Parteš municipality.

There are three settlements in the municipality:

1 2 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.

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.

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