Shtime ( sq-definite, Shtimja) or Štimlje ( sr-Cyrl, Штимље), is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
located in the
Ferizaj District of
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
. According to the 2011 census, the town of Shtime has 7,225 inhabitants, while the municipality has 27,324 inhabitants. The territory of the municipality covers an area of 134 square kilometers.
History
Since the end of the 13th century Shtime was one of four courts of the
King of Serbia in Nerodimlje župa. Its position at that time was on the northern bank of
Svrčin Lake.
Demographics
Notes and references
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External links
Municipality of ŠtimljeSOK Kosovo and its population
Municipalities of Kosovo
Cities in Kosovo
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