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Gjakova or Gjakove ( in Albanian Gjakova or Gjakovė) is a city located in Kosovo, at 42.39° North, 20.43° East. Its name may derive from the word gjak ("blud").

Related Topics:
Albanian - Kosovo - Blud

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The name is also given to the surrounding administrative district, which covers an area of about 5,000 km². Before the Kosovo War it had a population of about 131,700. Kosovo Albanians constituted 93 per cent of this community. The post-war population is now estimated to be about 115,000 people. http://www.sok-kosovo.org/pdf/population/Kosovo_and_its_population.pdf

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