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Pejë (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 020 19 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 20.3167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on a small tributary of the Beli Drim river; noted for mosques, narrow streets, old Turkish houses, and Oriental character; site of patriarchal monastery built in Middle Ages, comprising 4 churches with noted frescoes, a library and treasury. |
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Kosovo (independent nation) (P) |
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Pejë (municipality) (P) |
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Pejë (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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since Middle Ages |
| town (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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hub for railroad lines |
| market center (C) |
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for agricultural produce especially grains & fruit |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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noted for leatherworking, food processing & handicrafts |
| religious center (H) |
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from 1253-1766, with brief interruptions, for chief see of Orthodox Church of Serbia, nearby Decani Monastery still exists |
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