TERRITORIAL- ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PRIZREN FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20152219Keywords:
Administrative division, evolution, municipality of Prizren, territory, Settlement, bordersAbstract
The administrative division of the municipality of Prizren and the change of the border of this municipality from a scientific aspect has not been adequately addressed so far. The evaluation system is addressed in all documentation and others that directly or indirectly provide us with information about the administrative division and the evolution over the years of the territory. This paper aims to present chronologically the administrative division and the evolution over the years of the administrative division of the municipality of Prizren and in tabular and cartographic ways of the creation materials. For the drafting of the paper, research methods based on contemporary methodology will be used. We have more in some comparative to find the differences in the administrative extension of the region over the years, while some of the cartographic will illustrate some of the results found in this analysis.
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