Dragash
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Town and municipality | |
Coordinates: 42°03′40″N 20°39′10″E / 42.06111°N 20.65278°E | |
Country | Kosovo |
District | Prizren |
Government | |
• Mayor | Behxhet Xheladini |
Area | |
• Municipal | 430 km2 (170 sq mi) |
• Rank | 8th in Kosovo |
Population (2024)[1] | |
• Municipal | 28,908 |
• Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
• Ethnicity | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Area code | +383 |
Vehicle registration | 04 |
Website | kk |
Dragash or Sharr (Albanian definite form: Dragashi or Sharri; Serbian Cyrillic: Драгаш) is a town and municipality located in the Prizren District of Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Dragash has 1,098 inhabitants, while the municipality has 34,827 inhabitants.[2] The Albanian name Sharri is a reference to the Šar Mountains (in Albanian Sharr). The Serbian name Dragaš comes from medieval Serbian lord Constantine Dragaš.