North Kosovo facts for kids
North Kosovo is a Serbian enclave in Kosovo. It has over 80,000 residents, at least 98% of them are Christian Serbs. There are about 3,000 Albanians, and about 2000 Turks, Greeks, Gorans, Romas and others.
Unlike the Strpce municipality which is autonomous, North Kosovo is directly run by the Government of Belgrade.
In North Kosovo, Serbian car plates are still used and the Serbian dinar is used as the official currency.
The enclave consists of the 3 municipalities of Zvecan, Leposavic, Zubin Potok (as well as part of Mitrovica. The enclave's area is 1,200 square kilometres (460 sq mi) (11% of the country's total area). Lake Gorazdevac is also in the enclave.
The United Nations does not recognize Kosovo as a country because of the 1999 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244. Other world governing bodies do not recognise it as a country, either.
Images for kids
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Partition of Kosovo proposed by some Serbian politicians
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Ethnic map of North Kosovo (blue-majority Serbs, red-majority Albanians)
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Zvečan Fortress
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North Mitrovica
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Leposavić
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Zvečan
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Zubin Potok
See also
In Spanish: Kosovo del Norte para niños
