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Deçan

Also known as Dečani

Deçan (; ; , ) is a town and municipality in the district of Gjakova, Kosovo. The municipality has an area of and it includes the town and 37 smaller settlements. According to the last census of 2024, the municipality has a population of 27,775.

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Settlement.name: Deçan
Settlement.settlement_type: Town and municipality
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Deçan.png
Settlement.image_seal: Stema e Komunës Deçan.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Kosovo#Europe
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Kosovo
Settlement.subdivision_type1: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: District of Gjakova
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Deçan
Settlement.leader_party: AAK
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Bashkim Ramosaj
Settlement.total_type: Municipality
Settlement.unit_pref: metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 293.94
Settlement.population_as_of: 2024

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Country: Serbia
Located in: Deçan Municipality
Area: 180
Elevation: 587
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Capital of: Deçan Municipality
Official website: kk.rks-gov.net/decan
Image: Deçan 2006.PNG
Dialing code: 0381 390

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Commons category: Dečani
topic's main category: Category:Deçan
postal code: 51000

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History
Antiquity
Middle Ages
Ottoman Period
World War I
World War II
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Kosovo War
Geography
Demographics
Religion
Infrastructure
Roads
Health
Culture
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable people
Notes
Bibliography
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==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Deçan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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