Prilep, Kosovo
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Prilep
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  Prilep | |
| Coordinates: 42°30′N 20°19′E / 42.500°N 20.317°E | |
| Country |  Kosovo[a] |
| District | Gjakova |
| Municipality | Deçan |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,165 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Prilep (Serbian Cyrillic: Прилеп), or Prejlep (Albanian: Prejlepi, other names: Përlep, Perlep, Prilip) or Arrnjet (Albanian: Arrnjeti), is a village situated in western Kosovo[a], close to Gjakova. The village has a population of 2,674 according to data from 2002, of which 99.6% are ethnic Albanian.
In the beginning of the 19th century, there were only about 5 to 10 houses, while today there are over 300. During the Kosovo War of 1999 the village was nearly completely destroyed. Albanian and Serbian forces were located in Prejlep and fought each other.
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