Ferizaj (Albanian: Ferizaj) is a city and municipality in southern Kosovo, located some 38 kilometers (24 mi) south of the capital Pristina. Ferizaj is the third most populous city in Kosovo, after Pristina and Prizren. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous district. The central city postal codes include 70000, 70010, 70030 and 70040.

The municipality covers an area of 345 km (133 sq mi), including the city of Ferizaj and 45 villages. It is largely an agricultural plain. Its population is estimated at 108,690.

History

Ferizaj was little more than a village until 1873, when the Prishtina railway was opened, passing through the town. Its Turkish name derives from a pre-1873 hotel owned by a local Kosovo Albanian named Feriz Shashivari; thus Serbs and Bosnians called the community Ferizovići ("Feriz's village") while Albanians called itFerizaj. The town was known as Ferizovich or Ferizovo in Bulgarian. It is still known informally as "Tasjan", from a Turkish form of the French word station, referring to its status as a main station on the railway line.

Balkan Wars

After the settlement had fallen to Serbia during the First Balkan War, the local Albanian population gave a determined resistance. According to some reports, the fight lasted three days. The Serbian commander then ordered the population back home and to surrender arms. When the survivors returned, between 300–400 people were executed. There then followed the destruction of Albanian-populated villages around Ferizaj. Before the official annexation to the Kingdom of Serbia, the name was changed to Ferizaj, after Stefan Uroš V of Serbia. 

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Kosovo WAR - UQK - Ushtria Qlirimtare E Kosoves 

Kosovo War

The city suffered some damage during the Kosovo War of 1999, with some of its Albanian-populated neighborhoods being shelled and burned by the Yugoslav Army. Following the war, the city has seen serious intercommunal unrest which resulted in almost all of the Serbians and rest of non-Albanian inhabitants being expelled or fleeing..

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                                    MOSQUE and church

Mosque and Church

Mosque and church

The mosque (Big Mosque of Mulla Veseli from 1891 Albanian: Xhamia e Madhe Mulla Veselit në Ferizaj) and the church St. Uroš Orthodox Cathedral located in the centre of Uroševac are considered as a symbol of religious tolerance between Albanian Muslims and Serbian Orthodox. The mosque was destroyed during the World War II, but then rebuilt. During the Kosovo war in 1999 none of them were destroyed. In March 2004 during unrest in Kosovo, the church was attacked. Because the mosque and the church are in the same place, many people like to make photos as a unique phenomenon.

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BONDSTEL

Camp Bondsteel, the main base of the United States Army detachment to the KFOR peacekeeping force in Kosovo, is located nearb 

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