Kosovo
Kosovo (officially Republic of Kosovo) is a country in Southeast Europe, with its capital at Pristina, and is home to roughly 1.6M people.
Its official languages are Albanian, Serbian; the currency in circulation is Euro (€); people from here are called Kosovar.
- »Kosovo declared independence in 2008; recognition remains partial and contested.
- »It has one of the youngest populations in Europe.
Kosovo touches four neighbours: Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, North Macedonia to the southeast and Serbia to the north. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Pristina became the capital of a country recognised by some states and not others in 2008, and has one of the youngest populations of any European capital.
10,924 km² (4,218 sq mi), 162nd largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Jamaica.
Population 1,594,353, 151st of 198 on file. That averages 146 per km² (378 per sq mi).
The other of the two national flags that show their own country's outline, alongside Cyprus. Adopted in 2008 and deliberately neutral, with no Albanian eagle and no Serbian cross, it carries six white stars for the six major ethnic communities.