Kosovo is a state located in the central Balkan Peninsula, which declared independence from Serbia in February 2008, recognised by 107 UN members (from 193) and Taiwan. Serbia recognises the Republic's governance of the territory, but continues to claim it as its own Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. The largest ethnic group in Kosovo is Albanians (majority Muslims), but in region live also Serbs, Bosniaks and Gorans, Turks and Roma. The capital and largest city of Kosovo is Pristina, located close to the Goljak mountains, and founded by romans. First attested by Byzantines by its name in 1342, it was an important town in Medieval Serbia, having been a royal estate of Stefan Milutin, Stefan Uroš III, Stefan Dušan, Stefan Uroš V and Vuk Branković.
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