Priština

Priština

City (pop., 2003 est.: 165,844), capital of Kosovo. Priština was the capital of the Serbian state before the Turks defeated the Balkan Christian armies in 1389 at the Battle of Kosovo. It is also a cultural centre for Kosovar Albanians. It lost many of its ethnic Albanian inhabitants in 1999 when they were driven out by the Serbian campaign of “ethnic cleansing” (see Kosovo conflict). Many returned after a peace accord was signed in June 1999.

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Priština 

a city in Yugoslavia, in the Socialist Republic of Serbia. Capital of the autonomous region of Kosovo. Population, 73,000 (1972). Priština is the trade and distribution center for the agricultural region of Kosovo Polje. Industries include cotton, food processing, and ceramics. There is a thermal power plant and a factory producing shock absorbers. Crafts produced include filigreed items of nonferrous metals and rugs. A university was founded in Priština in 1970. Lignite and lead and zinc ore are mined in the area. The Kosovo chemical power combine is also located nearby.