The Sanjak of Vulçitrin (Turkish: Vulçitrin sancağı, Serbian: Вучитрнски санџак/Vučitrnski sandžak), also known as the Pristina Pashaluk (Serbian: Приштински пашалук/Prištinski pašaluk), was a sanjak (second-level administrative division) of the Ottoman Empire in Rumelia (the Balkans), in present-day Kosovo. It was named after its administrative center of Vulçitrin, now known as "Vushtrri" in Albanian and "Vučitrn" in Serbian.
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Vushtrri in the context of Çyçavica
Çyçavica or Čičavica is a mountain situated at the center of Kosovo with a length of about 8 km (5 mi) and a width of about 5 km (3 mi). Its highest peak reaches a height of 1,091 m (3,579 ft). It is in the boundary line between the Kosovo Plain, the Drenica and the Artakolli i Çyçavicës region. The river Sitnica passes by it. The villages of Oshlan and Akrashticë are located to the right of the mountain. Large towns and cities like Skenderaj, Vushtrri and Drenas are located close by the mountain.
Vushtrri in the context of Moravian Banovina
The Morava Banovina or Morava Banate (Serbo-Croatian: Моравска бановина / Moravska banovina), was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of parts of present-day Central Serbia (including Vushtrri and Podujevë in Kosovo) and it was named after the Morava Rivers. The capital city of the Morava Banovina was Niš.