Atlas of Kosovo
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General maps
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Map of Kosovo |
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Map of Kosovo |
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Map of Kosovo, from the CIA World Factbook |
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Topographic map of Kosovo |
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Map of Kosovo |
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Map of Kosovo |
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Map of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo, as recognized by some countries |
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Map of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija in Serbia, as recognized by other countries |
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Blank map of Kosovo |
Blank map of Kosovo |
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Blank map of Kosovo |
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Blank map of Kosovo |
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Flag map of Kosovo |
Flag map of Kosovo |
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Flag map of Kosovo |
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Geographical regions of Kosovo |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Kosovo, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Kosovo.
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Illyrian ethnogenesis |
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Prehistoric Illyrians |
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Iron Age Glasinac culture (around 300 BC) |
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Ethnic territory of the Illyrians and Illyrian tribes (8th-3rd century BC) |
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Illyrian lands in the Balkans |
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Illyrian lands in the Balkans |
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Illyrian lands in the Balkans |
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Illyrians, Illyria Barbara, Illyria Graeca, Illyrians Proper and Environs |
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Approximate extent of the Illyrian territories prior to Roman conquest |
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Dardanians in the Balkans |
[[|border|251x400px]] | Dardanians in the Balkans |
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History of Kosovo, Classical antiquity compared to modern borders |
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Illyrian Kingdom of Agron (250 - 230 BC) |
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Illyrian Kingdom of Teuta (230 - 228 BC) |
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228 BC Adriatic Coast) |
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228 BC Illyrian & Dardanian Kingdoms) |
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230 BC Adriatic Coast) |
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230 BC Illyrian & Dardanian Kingdoms) |
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230-228 BC Teuta's Kingdom) |
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228-220 BC Roman Client state governed by Demetrius of Pharos) |
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237 BC Adriatic Coast) |
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250-230 BC Agron's Kingdom) |
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Illyrian kingdoms of Illyria and Dardania (3rd century BC, around 230 BC) |
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Roman Client state governed by Demetrius of Pharos (228 - 220 BC) |
[[|border|251x400px]] | Illyrian Kingdom of Gentius 181 - 168 BC |
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Kingdom of Dardania, 3rd-1st century BC |
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Ancient Dardania |
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Dardanian Kingdom in relation to later Roman Provinces |
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Dardani in 6 AD |
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Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present-day territory of Kosovo |
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The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire; 133 BC 44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals) AD 14 (death of Augustus)
117 (maximum extension) |
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Camps of the Roman Legions in 80 |
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Map of the Roman Empire in 116 |
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Roman Empire in 117 |
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Dardania inside the Roman province of Moesia Superior |
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Dardania in the Roman province of Moesia Superior from an old 1820 map |
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Dardania in the Roman province of Moesia Superior from an old 1830 map |
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Dardania in the Roman province of Moesia Superior from an old 1865 map |
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Territory of emperor Galerius during the Tetrarchy |
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Prefecture of Illyricum, 4th century |
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Prefecture of Illyricum, 4th century |
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Prefecture of Illyricum, 4th century |
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Roman province of Dardania, 4th century |
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Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarch zones of influence after Diocletian's reforms. |
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The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders. |
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Dardania province in the central Balkans in the Late Roman Empire |
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Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500 |
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Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500 |
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Division of the Roman Empire in 406 |
Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire, c.476 |
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Eastern Roman Empire |
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Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus |
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Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus |
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Byzantine Empire 550 |
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Byzantine province of Dardania in the 6th century |
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Albanians in 5th-10th century |
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Ethnic groups in Kosovo, 6th-8th century (according to the historical atlas for schools, published in Belgrade in 1970, representing a view of Yugoslav historians from that time) |
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The Byzantine Empire under Basil II, c. 1025 |
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Byzantine Empire 1025 |
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Religion map of the territory of present-day Kosovo in 1054 |
The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Alexios I Komnenos, c. 1081 |
Map of the Byzantine Empire under Manuel Komnenos, c.1170. |
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Byzantine Empire 1180 |
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The region in 1265 |
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The region in 1265 |
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Medieval Serbian states |
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The region in 1355 |
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Map of the Serbian Empire in 1360 with territory ruled by Branković family |
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Realm of Vuk Branković in the 14th century |
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Realm of Vuk Branković in the 14th century |
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Realm of Vuk Branković in the 14th century |
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The region in 1400 |
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire |
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Development of the European part of the Ottoman Empire |
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire |
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Ottoman territories in 1455 |
[[|border|251x400px]] | Map of the Ottoman Empire 1566 |
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Patriarchate of Peć (16th-17th century) |
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Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683 |
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Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801 |
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Balkans after 1856 |
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Vilayet of Kosovo 1858-1878 |
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Sanjak of Novibazar 1878 |
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Albanian vilayet, proposed by the League of Prizren in 1878 |
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Albanian vilayet, proposed by the League of Prizren in 1878 |
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Albanian vilayet, proposed by the League of Prizren in 1878 |
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Vilayet of Kosovo 1881-1912 |
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Vilayet of Kosovo in 1900 |
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Vilayet of Kosovo in 1905 |
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Vilayet of Kosovo in 1905 |
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Serbian conquest in 1912 |
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Kingdom of Serbia in 1913 |
Kingdom of Serbia in 1913 |
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Kosovo in World War I |
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Kingdom of Serbia in 1918, inclusive Kosovo |
[[|border|251x400px]] | After World War I, Serbia became in 1918 part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, renamed into Yugoslavia in 1929. This is a map of Yugoslavia in 1930 |
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Kosovo in 1941 |
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Kosovo in 1941 |
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Kosovo in 1941 |
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Kosovo in 1941 |
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Kosovo in 1943 |
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Kosovo in 1941 |
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Kosovo in 1941-1942 |
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Albania in 1941 (including most of Kosovo) |
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Albania in 1941 (including most of Kosovo) |
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Kosovo in Yugoslavia |
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Kosovo in Yugoslavia |
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Kosovo in Yugoslavia |
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Kosovo in Yugoslavia |
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Kosovo in Yugoslavia |
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Kosovo in Yugoslavia |
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An animated series of maps showing the breakup of the second Yugoslavia |
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Wartime 1991 |
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Wartime 1992 |
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Former Yugoslavia compared with the present borders |
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After the secession of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia, Serbia (with Kosovo) and Montenegro continued as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, renamed in 2003 into Serbia and Montenegro |
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Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006) |
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Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006) |
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State of Balkania (proposed by Adem Demaçi in 1993) |
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Central Balkans in 1998. |
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Damaged Albanian settlements in Kosovo 1998-1999 |
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Kosovar refugees, april 1999 |
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Significant internally displaced persons encampments in Kosovo in 1999 |
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Map of the Operation Horseshoe, alleged Yugoslav plan to expel the Albanian population of Kosovo |
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Sites in Kosovo where NATO aviation used forbidden munition with depleted uranium during 1999 bombing |
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Map of Serbia and Montenegro |
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Location of the FR of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) before dissolution |
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Kosovo in Serbia and Montenegro |
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KFOR Districts |
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UNMIK map of Kosovo |
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Central Balkans in 2010 (de facto situation). Note: Serbia does not recognizing Independence of Kosovo. |
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Association of Serb municipalities (2013). |
Ethnic and religion maps
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Ethnic map in 1898 |
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Ethnic map in 1911 |
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Ethnic map in 1911 |
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Ethnic map of the Balkans (1923) |
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Ethnic map in 1961 |
Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1961 |
Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1961 |
Share of Serbs on Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1961 |
Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1971 |
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Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1971 |
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Share of Albanians on Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1971 |
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Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1981 |
Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1981 |
Share of Albanians on Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1981 |
Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1991 |
Ethnic structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1991 |
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Religious structure Kosovo and Metohija by settlements 1991 |
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Ethnic map in 1991 |
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Ethnic map in 1991 |
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Ethnic map in 1991 |
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Ethnic map in 2005 |
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Ethnic map in 2005 |
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Albanian population in Kosovo in 2005 |
Roma population in Kosovo in 2005 |
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Gora Region between Kosovo and Albania |
Divisions of Kosovo
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Regions of Kosovo |
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Districts of Kosovo |
Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Municipalities of Kosovo |
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Cities and towns of Kosovo |
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North Kosovo |
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Zveçan
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Zubin Potok
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Vushtrri
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Viti
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Suharekë
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Skenderaj
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Shtime
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Shtërpcë
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Rahovec
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Prizren
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Prishtinë
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Podujevë
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Pejë
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Obiliq
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Novobërdë
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Mitrovicë
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Malishevë
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Lipjan
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Leposaviq
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Klinë
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Kamenicë
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Kaçanik
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Istog
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Gllogovc
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Gjilan
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Gjakovë
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Fushë Kosovë
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Ferizaj
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Dragash
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Deçan
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Dragash
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Prizren
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Shterpce
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Kacanik
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Viti
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Gjilan
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Kamenice
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Novoberde
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Ferizaj
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Suhareke
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Shtime
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Lipjan
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Prishtine
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Podujeve
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Leposaviq
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Zvecan
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Mitrovice
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Vushtrri
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Obiliq
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Fushe Kosove
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Gllogovc
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Skenderaj
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Zubin Potok
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Istog
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Klina
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Malisheve
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Rahovec
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Gjakove
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Decan
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Peje
Politics
International recognition
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States which have officially recognized independent Kosovo (map changes requently) (also available as SVG: Image:CountriesRecognizingKosovo.svg) |
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An interpretation of international recognition (map changes frequently) (also available as PNG: Image:Kosovo_relations.png) |
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A different interpretation of international recognition (map changes frequently) (also available as PNG: Image:Kosovo_relations2.png) |
Albanian context of Kosovo
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Proposition of an ethnically accurate Albanian state |
Serbian context of Kosovo
Kosovo within Serbia, see also Atlas of Serbia |
Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia (in Serbian) |
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Serbian divisions in Kosovo and Metohija |
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Kosovo in a Serbia context |
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Ethnic map of Serbia |
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Federalized Serbia (proposed by the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina in 1999) |
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New regions in Serbia (proposed by the Democratic Party of Serbia in 2002) |
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New administrative divisions (regions) of Serbia (proposed by the League For Šumadija in 2004) |
Notes and references
General remarks:
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