MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 PRIZREN REGION
PRIZREN MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 PRIZREN The OSCE regional centre Prizren covers six (6) municipalities, including Prizren, where the centre is located, and has teams working in all of them.
AREA AND POPULATION 640 km² area The municipality of Prizren is located in south-eastern Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 640 km2 and includes Prizren 74 villages city and 74 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 177,781. 177,781 population
Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 93,657 Kosovo Albanians, 11,651 Kosovo Serbs and 538 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 145,718 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Bosniaks 16,896 conducted in 1991*, there were 135,674 Kosovo Albanians, 3.Kosovo Turks 9,091 10,911 Kosovo Serbs and 460 Kosovo Montenegrins in the 4.Kosovo Roma 2,899 municipality. 5.Kosovo Ashkali 1,350 6.Kosovo Gorani 655 According to the UNHCR statistics, 1,810 displaced persons 7.Kosovo Serbs 237 have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 595 8.Kosovo Egyptians 168 Kosovo Serbs, 170 Kosovo Roma, 54 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo 9.Other 386 Egyptians, 975 Kosovo Bosniaks and 16 Kosovo Gorani. 10.Not specified 381
(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.
GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Prizren municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1 st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 168,8841, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 40.62% or 68,595 voters and in 2nd round it was 30.94% or 52,255 voters (source: Central Election Commission). The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:
31.21% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 13 seats 16.91% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 7 seats 15.25% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 6 seats 8.72% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 4 seats 8.34% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 4 seats 7.23% KDTP Kosovo Democratic Turkish Party 3 seats 5.53% VAKAT Coalition VAKAT 2 seats 3.98% NDS New Democratic Party 2 seats
1. The overall population figure presented above is taken from the 2011 census (or authoritative estimates where the census figure is not available), whereas the voters list is a reflection of all people with a civil registration entry in the municipality. In some cases, the voters list figure is higher than or similar to the overall population number due to insufficient updating of the civil registry or a significant proportion of people registered in the municipality but actually living elsewhere or abroad. PRIZREN
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE
The municipal assembly has 41 seats distributed among eight SECURITY PRESENCE (8) political entities, 34 members are Kosovo Albanian, four (4) are Kosovo Bosniak and three (3) are Kosovo Turk; 16 are Kosovo Police in Prizren municipality has 192 police officers, women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Artan Abrashi including police stations South (136 police officers) and North (56 (Vetëvendosje!) and the Municipal Assembly Deputy Chairperson police officers) and police sub-stations in Zhur/Žur and for Communities is Sencar Karamuço (KDTP)*. Sredska/Sreckë, 139 are Kosovo Albanian, 34 Kosovo Bosniak, 15 Kosovo Turk, 3 Kosovo Gorani and one (1) Kosovo Roma; 176 *According to the Law on Local Self-Government, a municipality with more than ten (10) per men and 16 women (source: Kosovo Police). cent of residents belonging to communities in numerical minority position in that municipality is required to appoint a deputy mayor for communities and a deputy municipal assembly chairperson for communities. Kosovo Police Regional Headquarters, including Regional Investigation Unit and Regional Rapid Response Unit, has 78 police officers, 70 Kosovo Albanian, four (4) Kosovo Turk, three (3) EXECUTIVE Kosovo Bosnian and one (1) Kosovo Roma; 14 are women. Regional Traffic Unit has 50 police officers, 44 Kosovo Albanian, Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political four (4) Kosovo Turk, one (1) Kosovo Bosnian and one (1) Kosovo affiliations. Roma; three (3) are women. The municipality is headed by Mayor Mytaher Haskuka (Vetëvendosje!), elected for his first term as mayor with 50.36% As for the international military presence, the Swiss KFOR Liaison of votes in the second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In Monitoring Team, German KFOR, and Turkish KFOR cover the the previous term, the mayor was Ramadan Muja (PDK), who area. was elected in the second round of the 2013 municipal elections with 53.78% of the votes. Deputy Mayor is Eshref Memaj (LDK), € and Deputy Mayor for Communities is Ms. Memnuna Ajdini ECONOMY (VAKAT). The economy of Prizren municipality is mainly based on It has 13 municipal departments. One (1) department is run by a agriculture, trade, construction and food processing, all private woman director: tourism and economic development (KDTP), 12 enterprises. There are some 5,400 registered private businesses departments are run by men directors: health (Vetëvendosje!); operating in the municipality. There is no reliable data on the inspection (Vetëvendosje!); public services (Vetëvendosje!); number of people employed in the private sector. The industrial emergency and safety (Vetëvendosje!); administration (NISMA); zone is still under pending process of expropriation of the education and science (NISMA); culture, youth and sports properties located under this zone (source: Kosovo business registration (NISMA); cadastre and geodesy (NDS); urbanism and spatial office). planning (LDK); agriculture and rural development (LDK); labour and social welfare (LDK); and budget and finance (KDTP). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), two (2) directors were women (source municipal information officer). PUBLIC SERVICES
Infrastructure JUDICIARY The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is Prizren Basic Court consists of a general department, a serious assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the crimes department, a juvenile department and a minor offences urban centre are asphalted. Water supply is functional in Prizren division. It has 43 judges, including the court president, 38 city and in villages. There is no sewage system in a few villages. Kosovo Albanian, four (4) Kosovo Bosniak and one (1) Kosovo Power supply is still a problem, especially during the winter and Roma; 11 are women. It has branches in Dragash/Dragaš and in the villages (source: local public water company “Hidroregjioni”). Suharekë/Suva Reka and also covers Mamuşa/Mamushë/ Mamuša municipality (source: Prizren basic court).
Prizren Basic Prosecutor's Office consists of a general department, department of serious crimes and a juveniles department. The office has 24 prosecutors, including Chief Prosecutor, all Kosovo Albanian; seven (7) are women. In addition to Prizren, it covers Dragash/Dragaš, Mamuşa/Mamushë/ Mamuša and Suharekë/Suva Reka municipalities. PRIZREN
MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 Health KEY FACTS The primary health care system includes 14 municipal family health centres and 26 health houses. It has 475 employees, In Prizren there are: including doctors, nurses and support staff; 264 women and 211 men. • 41 seats in the municipal assembly The regional hospital in Prizren offers services to approximately distributed among 8 political entities 250,000 residents. It employs 778 workers, including 155 doctors, and is equipped with emergency and intensive care • 192 police officers in the stations and 128 in units. the regional command The Kosovo Serb community uses two (2) Serbia-run healthcare facilities, loca ted in villa ges Sredska/Sreckë and • 43 judges and 24 prosecutors Mushnikovë/Mušnikovo with in total five (5) medical and support staff. For secondary health care services Kosovo Serbs travel to • 2,250 teachers in 51 primary and 5 secondary Štrpce/Shtërpcë, Sredska/Sredskë or Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North. schools All communities have access to health care and facilities (source: municipal director of health). • 1 public university Education There are 56 schools, 51 primary and lower secondary schools with 25,808 pupils and 1,877 teachers and five (5) upper secondary schools with 7,691 pupils and 373 teachers. Kindergartens are privately run. There is also a public university in Prizren “Ukshin Hoti”, offering lectures in Albanian, Bosnian and Turkish languages (source: municipal directorate of education and science, and education statistic are provided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology).
RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES
Prizren has 75 mosques. Seven (7) of them have been renovated since the 1999 conflict and all are in use. There are 20 Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries, seven (7) of them were destroyed or damaged during the March 2004 riots, and all of them were reconstructed from 2005 to 2016. Two (2) churches in Prizren town, St George and Holy Virgin of Ljevisa, and the Monastery of St, Archangels near the town have permanent presence of the clergy. There are (5) Catholic churches currently in use, and not damaged during the conflict, seven (7) tekkes and three (3) Protestant churches (source: Islamic community centre, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and UNESCO).
A total of 184 cultural heritage sites in Prizren municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under temporary protection and six (6) under permanent protection.