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Kosovo
parliamentary republic
<p>The Ottoman Empire took control of Kosovo in 1389 after defeating Serbian forces. Large numbers of Turks and Albanians moved to the region, and by the end of the 19th century, Albanians had replaced Serbs as the majority ethnic group in Kosovo. Serbia reacquired control of Kosovo during the First Balkan War of 1912, and after World War II, Kosovo became an autonomous province of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY).
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CapitalPristina (Prishtine, Prishtina)
Population2.0M
GDP$25.0B
Area10,887 km²
LanguageAlbanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)
Currencyeuros (EUR) per US dollar -
At a Glance
Population
2.0M
GDP (PPP)
$25B
