Ferizaj
Sign in to saveFerizaj, or Uroševac, is a city and a municipality in Kosovo. It is the third largest city in Kosovo by population and also the seat of Ferizaj Municipality and the Ferizaj District. According to the last census of 2024, the municipality of Ferizaj has 109,255 inhabitants.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ferizaj
- Region
- Ferizaj
- Country
- Kosova / Kosovo
- Population
- 59,504
- Timezone
- Europe/Belgrade
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ferizaj
- Settlement.named_for
- Feriz Shasivari
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City and municipality
- Settlement.image_alt
- Photomontage of Ferizaj
- Settlement.image_flag
- 120px|center
- Settlement.flag_alt
- Flag of Ferizaj
- Settlement.image_seal
- 45px|center
- Settlement.seal_alt
- Seal of Ferizaj
- Settlement.nicknames
- City of Murals
- Settlement.population_demonym
- Standard Albanian: Ferizajas (m) Ferizajase (f) Gheg dialect: Ferizajli (m) Ferizajlike (f)
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Kosovo#Europe
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Demonym
- Ferizajli
- Country
- Serbia
- Located in
- Ferizaj Municipality
- Population
- +144752
- Area
- +720
- Elevation
- +582
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- Capital of
- Ferizaj Municipality
- Shares border with
- Kaçanik
- Official website
- ferizaj.rks-gov.net
Article
22 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early development
- Medieval period
- Ottoman period
- Balkan Wars
- World War I
- World War II
- Kosovo War
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Culture
- Education
- Sport
- Archaeology
- Notable people
- Sister cities
- Notes
- See also
- References
- External links
Ferizaj, or Uroševac, is a city and a municipality in Kosovo. It is the third largest city in Kosovo by population and also the seat of Ferizaj Municipality and the Ferizaj District. According to the last census of 2024, the municipality of Ferizaj has 109,255 inhabitants.
Ferizaj has been populated since the prehistoric era by the Starčevo, Vinča and Baden culture. During the Ottoman period, Ferizaj served as a trading centre on the route between Belgrade and Thessaloniki. Ferizaj has always been considered as a city where tolerance and coexistence in terms of religion and culture has been part of the society in the last centuries. During and after the Kosovo War in 1999, the US Army base Camp Bondsteel was established outside of the city, now being used by forces belonging to KFOR. It is the largest and the most expensive foreign military base built by the Americans in South Eastern Europe, since the Vietnam War.