Brief information about the Pejë
Peć Peć (Serbian Cyrillic: Пећ) or Peja (Albanian: Pejë) is a city and municipality located in the Peć District of Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the city of Peć has 48,962 inhabitants, while the municipality has 96,450 inhabitants. The municipality covers an area of 602 km2 (232 sq mi), including the city of Peć and 95 villages; it is divided into 28 territorial communities.
Geographically, it is located in an important location on the Peć Bistrica, a tributary of the White Drin to the east of the Prokletije Mountains. The Rugova Canyon is one of Europe's longest and deepest canyons and is about three kilometres from the city of Peć.
The city is located some 250 kilometres (155 miles) north of Tirana, Albania, 150 kilometres (93 miles) north-west of Skopje, North Macedonia, 85 kilometres (52 miles) west of Pristina, Kosovo and some 280 kilometres (173 miles) east of Podgorica, Montenegro.
In medieval times the city was the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1346. Later in 1899, the Albanian political organization League of Peja was established in the city. The patriarchal monastery of Peć is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Medieval Monuments in Kosovo.