Parteš (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (, ), also known as the Serbian script, (, ), is a standardized variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language. It originated in medieval Serbia and was significantly reformed in the 19th cen ...

: Партеш) or Partesh (), is a

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and

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located in the Gjilan District of

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. The municipality was established on 19 August 2010. It is inhabited by

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, and as of 2013, it has an estimated population of 5,300 inhabitants.

Settlements

The municipality consists of town of Parteš and two villages: Pasjane and Donja Budriga. Parteskosovo.jpg, Parteš, in relation to Gjilan. OpštinaParteš.png, Parteš municipality.

Culture

The settlements of Parteš, Donja Budriga and Pasjane are inhabited by ethnic

. There are four Serbian Orthodox churches within the municipality. There are

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sites at medieval religious ruins.

Economy

The economy is based mainly on dairy production and small trade.

Education

There are two primary schools and five secondary schools within the municipality.

Demographics

The municipality of Parteš is inhabited by ethnic Serbs. The ECMI calculated, based on 2010 and 2013 estimations, that the Parteš municipality was inhabited by 5,300 Serbs (99.96%). According to the 2011 census, which is unreliable due to partial boycott by Serbs and other minorities, the settlement of Parteš alone had 478 residents, all of whom were Serbs (100%); the Parteš municipality had 1,787 residents, 1,785 of whom were Serbs (99.9%). The municipality of Parteš includes the town and two villages. It is one of the

Serbian enclaves in Kosovo Serb enclaves are settlements in Kosovo outside North Kosovo ("south of the Ibar") where Serbs form a majority. Serbs have often built roadblocks and barricades, to prevent access by Kosovo Police and customs officers. After the initial outflo ...

(located outside Serb-inhabited

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), alongside five other municipalities: Gračanica,

Štrpce Štrpce (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Штрпце) or Shtërpcë ( sq-definite, Shtërpca) is a List of cities in Kosovo, town and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality located in the District of Ferizaj, Ferizaj District in Kosov ...

, Novo Brdo, Ranilug and Klokot. After the Brussels Agreement of 2013, representatives of Serbia and Kosovo agreed that the municipality was to become part of the

Community of Serb Municipalities The Community of Serb Municipalities (, ZSO; , AKS) is a planned inter-municipal association of Serbs in Kosovo, ethnic Serb majority Municipalities of Kosovo, municipalities in Kosovo. The proposal for the association came as a result of the 20 ...

Politics

The municipality in planned to be included in the

, according to the 2013 Brussels Agreement. The 2013 local elections, held in November, saw 2,770 voters, 63.8% of the total number of registered voters in the Parteš municipality (4,342) according to the last elections. The elections saw the following results in the local government, the municipal assembly which has 15 seats: * Independent Liberal Party (SLS), 37.60%—6 seats *Citizens' Initiative Srpska (GIS), 18.20%—3 seats *Democratic Initiative (DI), 13.04%—2 seats *People's Initiative (NI), 12.57%—2 seats *Serb Citizens' Initiative Pasjane (SGI P), 6.02%—1 seat *Serb Citizens' Initiative Donja Budriga (SGI DB), 6.02%—1 seat

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Parteš Municipality
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