Gnjilane
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| Mayor | Xhemajl Hyseni |
| Area>Land area | 515 |
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| Population || 253
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| Area code|| +381 280
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| Time zone|| UTC+1
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| Website|| [Municipality of Gjilan]
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|} Gnjilane or Gjilan (Albanian) or Gnjilane/Гњилане (Serbian), is a city and the centrum of Gjilani District, located in Kosovo, Serbia, at 42.47° North, 21.48° East. The origin of the town name is disputed. Albanian sources claim the town was established by Gjinaj family in 1772, who arrived from Novo Brdo, one of the most important late medieval cities in the central Balkans, with the founder of the city believed to be Bahti Beg Gjinolli. Serbs claim that its name stems from the word "putrid" in Serbian language (gnjidav / gnjio) and that it has been inhabited since the 14th Century. In 1999, Camp Monteith was established outside the city as a base of operations for KFOR during Operation Joint Guardian. In 2003, the Gnjilane/Gjilan municipality was estimated to have 133,724 citizens, out of which 79,898 live in the urban area. Gnjilane/Gjilan is now the administrative center of the Gjilani District of Kosovo. Since February 15 2003, it is the headquarters of the Local Democracy Agency in Kosovo of the Council of Europe. See alsoExternal links
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