Regional Profile

  • AREA: 2,298.50 km2
  • POPULATION: 327,960
  • Region east is located in the eastern Kosovo bordering with region center in the north, with Serbia in the east, with South region in the west and with North Macedonia in the south.
  • Municipality of Gjilan is a cultural, economic and administrative center of the region.
  • The existing roads in the eastern region extend along the traffic lines Albania-Kosovo-Serbia-North Macedonia and short access (40 km) to Pan-European Corridor X. \
  • 34,109 businesses registered and operating in region east
  • Most important sectors are: trade and construction sectors, wood processing and furniture production, diary sector, meat processing, fruit and vegetable processing, gastronomy services, and ICT sector is growing in the past few years.
  • Business infrastructure: 4 business incubators (Gjilan, Ferizaj, Viti, Kamenica), 1 agribusiness incubator in Gjilan, 2 industrial zones in Ferizaj, 1 agro business zone in Viti municipality.
  • State educational system is consisted of:
    • 200 public lower education schools
    • 27 public higher education schools
    • the number of students in lower and higher education schools is 64,349
    • 8 Vocational Education Centers with 30 profiles for education of working force/labor: in administration /accounting, business administration, self-employment, electrical installations, construction, water supply and sewage installations, agriculture, computer, kitchen, welding, carpentry, ICT, building maintenance, hotelier, central heating installer.
    • two State Universities (Gjilan and Ferizaj) with 4,493
    • Three private universities with more than 500 students;