Metohija

...The ethnic composition is 74% Albanian (including Muslim Albanians), 18% Serb, 3% Montenegrin, 2% Muslim, 1% Turkish, etc. The region is roughly divided into Metohija in the west and Kosovo in the east, and the official name of the region was formerly the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohia (an autonomous region since 1945, which was elevated to a state in 1963). Metohija, bounded on the north and west by the 2,500m-class Prokletije mountain range, is a fertile region that stretches along the Beli and Drim rivers, and the influence of the Mediterranean climate makes double cropping possible. ...

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…民族構成はアルバニア人74％(イスラム教徒のアルバニア人を含む)，セルビア人18％，モンテネグロ人3％，ムスリム人2％，トルコ人1％など。州域は西部のメトヒヤMetohija地方と東部のコソボ地方に大別され，州名の正称はかつてはコソボ･メトヒア自治州(1945年以来の自治区が63年に州に昇格)であった。2500m級のプロクレティエProkletije山塊で北と西部を限られたメトヒヤは，ベーリBeli川，ドリムDrim川流域に広がる豊かな土地柄で，地中海式気候の影響から二毛作も可能である。…

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