Sport in Kosovo has established tradition and plays a prominent role in society. Popular sports in Kosovo include football, basketball, volleyball, handball, and rugby, whereas major individual sports include wrestling, judo, swimming, boxing, karate and skiing.

Individual sports have led to Kosovo's biggest successes in particular Judo. The Judoka Majlinda Kelmendi won, its first ever Olympic gold medal for Kosovo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Women's 52 kg category., She won two back to back World Judo Championships in 2013 and in 2014 as well as four European Judo Championships titles in 2014, 2016, 2017 and in the 2019 European Games the first gold medal for Kosovo at the European Games. Before retiring her Judo carrier in 2021 after the 2020 Olympic Games.  the other world known Judokas are Distria Krasniqi who won the second olympic gold medal for Kosovo in the 2020 Summer Olympics, followed by her compatriot Nora Gjakova who won Kosovo's second gold medal in Tokio and the third Olympic gold medal overall for the country, in its olympic history so far.

Football is the most popular sport in Kosovo and the most successful team sport in the Country. The Kosovo national football team in its  short history achieved plenty of successful stories. Their first success came at the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League finishing in first place in Group D, in League D in which they faced Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands and Malta. Kosovo secured the promotion after notably beating Azerbaijan at home with 4-0 in the last game. Kosovo finished the league unbeaten (with four wins and two draws) what secured them a play-off spot for the UEFA Euro 2020. After the successful Nations League encounter, Kosovo entered the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying in Group A facing England,Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Montenegro respectively. In which Kosovo were able to upset the opponents after managing their first win against Bulgaria away in Sofia with 2-3 followed by a surprising win against the Czech Republic with 2-1 in Prishtina. being 15 matches unbeaten in which they won 11 out of 15 games during that period, being almost two years without a defeat. The game against England away even saw the Kosovars took an early lead in the surprise, despite that they would lose 3–5 away, ending the longest unbeaten run in the football history of Kosovo. In the following Kosovo would win once more this time defeating  Montenegro with 2-0  after that they faced the Czech Republic away. Despite a yet surprising lead, they weren't able to hold on and would lose close with 2-1 the decider for the UEFA Euro 2020 campaign. Kosovo finished the their qualifying campaign in third place with eleven points. In the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs Kosovo faced North Macedonia in the Toše Proeski Arena in Skopje. The match itself was very close but North Macedonia would win this match unfortunately ending Kosovo's dreams for a debut participation at the UEFA Euro 2020 for the Kosovans. This remains Kosovo's greatest National Football team success so far.

FC Prishtina and KF Trepça are the most known Football clubs in the Country, followed by KF Ballkani and KF Drita. Trepça were able to qualify as the first Kosovan Football club in the history for the Yugoslav First League, despite the relegation in the same saison they reached the finals of the 1977–78 Yugoslav Cup losing close to HNK Rijeka. The best club football achievement for Kosovo under Yugoslavia. Fc Prishtina is the following team that qualified to the Yugoslav First League in 1983–84 finishing in 8th place that saison and runners up that year to Eisenstadt in the Mitropa Cup. They would play four more saison's in the highest division of Yugoslavia, before being relegated in 1987-88, also being able to reach in the same year the Semifinals of the Yugoslav Cup in which they lost close to  Borac Banja Luka after penalty's. The most recent success came by KF Ballkani who became the first Kosovan Football after their independence to qualify for the newly crown UEFA Conference League in 2022-23 Their first ever win in a UEFA competition came against Sivasspor in a thrilling 3-4 away win in Turkey. They would qualify for the second year running for the 2023-24 UEFA Conference League. After beating FC BATE Borisov in the Play-off 4-1 on aggregate in the final result.

Some of the federations that are part of the international associations are Kosovo Taekwondo Federation, Boxing Federation, Handball Federation, Judo Federation, and Kosovo Ski Federation. Nevertheless, athletes who were born and raised in European countries had the opportunity to be successful in the international arena.

Association football

The most popular sport in Kosovo is football. The playing of football in Kosovo is documented since at least 1914. However, only in 1922 were the two first football clubs formed, FC Gjakova and FC Prishtina. Until 1926 the clubs competed within the several levels of the Belgrade Football Subassociation, and after 1926, clubs from Kosovo were integrated into the newly formed Skopje Football Subassociation. The subassociations organised different levels of leagues which served as qualification leagues for the Yugoslav championship. From 1945 until 1991, football in the former Yugoslavia advanced so fast that in 1946 the Football Federation of Kosovo was formed as a subsidiary of the Football Federation of Yugoslavia. The most successful team from Kosovo in the first league of Yugoslavia was FC Prishtina, while KF Trepça was part of the league for one year. In 1991 the Football Federation of Kosovo was refounded after all football players from Kosovo were banned from the First League in Yugoslavia. The first game was held in KF Flamurtari's stadium on 13 September 1991 in Pristina, which also marked the start of the first independent championship in Kosovo. The governing body in Kosovo is mainly responsible for the national team and for most of the main cup competitions.

Currently, Kosovo has a football league system which incorporates a number of clubs. The top division, the Raiffeisen Super League, has 12 teams. The league was founded in 1945 and is organized by the Football Federation of Kosovo. The other three professional divisions are the first league which includes 16 teams, and the second and third league. There are also semi-professional and amateur football clubs that are active as well. The main cup competition in Kosovo is the Republic of Kosovo Cup, which is open to every men's football team that is part of the Football Federation of Kosovo. The most successful clubs are FC Prishtina (twenty championship titles), KF Vëllaznimi (eight championship titles), KF Trepça (seven championship titles), KF Liria (five championship titles), and KF Besa (three championship titles).

The two main clubs in football are FC Prishtina and KF Trepça who have achieved great success in football. The football club Prishtina FC was founded in 1922, while KF Trepça was founded ten years later in 1932. KF Trepça was part of the 1977–78 championship in the former Yugoslavia League in football. One year later they reached huge success since they were able to play in the finals for the former Yugoslavia Cup against HNK Rijeka in which they lost close. FC Prishtina became the first member of the league in 1983, and it achieved victory after beating Red Star in Belgrade with 3–1. During this time Fadil Vokrri impressed all with his talent as he was part of so-called "Golden Generation" of Prishtina. They would finish their first season in 8th place. Fc Prishtina in the same season played in the Mitropa Cup, in which they came runners up to Eisenstadt from Austria. In the following seasons Prishtina were able to compete in the league until their last season in 1988. In the 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup Prishtina reached the semifinals, in which they would lose against Borac Banja Luka after penalties. The first unofficial Championship in Kosovo was held in 1991 in which 12 clubs participated. After some years without UEFA Club European football Kosovo was finally recognized by the UEFA in 2016. FC Ballkani became the first Kosovan football Club to qualify for an UEFA Competition, as they beat KF Shkupi in the play-off round away and home to take place for the Groupstage of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League. In Group G Ballkani faced in Prishtina in the debut CFR Cluj from Romania. They drew their first ever UEFA Club competition game with 1-1 thanks to a goal from Armend Thaqi, securing Kosovo's first ever points in a UEFA club competition. After a close loss to Slavia Prague away from home, Ballkani would than secure Kosovo, maiden win in a UEFA competition as they beat Turkish side Sivasspor with an entertaining 3–4 win away in Turkey. Despite some good performances Ballkani couldn't progress further as they secure only four points in the process, finishing in last place. It is still Kosovo's highest European club football success, in the history of the country. Ballkani also secured its first ever win for the Country in the UEFA Champions League qualifying after beating in the first leg Bulgarian side Ludogorets Razgrad with 2–0 in Prishtina. After they lost to Ludogorets Razgrad away from home. Ballkani were able to win their next five matches in a row in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying against Larne F.C. 3-1 and away with 4-0  as well. They beat Lincoln Red Imps F.C. in the following third round from Gibraltar with 2–0 at home and 3–1 away, to qualify for the Playoffs for the second year running. In the Playoffs Ballkani were able to beat Bate Borisov from Belarus at home in the first leg with 4-1 despite the loss away from home with 0-1 they would qualify still for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League for the second straight time as a Football Club in the history of Kosovo. Other notable Kosovan Football clubs are FC Drita from Gjilan, who won the Superleague of Kosovo three times most recently in 2019–20. In Europe their best result came at the previous season, as they nearly overcome the well known side Feyenoord Rotterdam in two legs, losing away with 2-3 despite leading with goals from Marko Simonovski and Astrit Fazliu in the process. Kosovo strongest encounter in recent history. Fc Drita impress recently again, as they draw away from home against the well known Czech Republic side of Viktoria Plzeň in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying.

Efforts for internationalization of Kosovo in FIFA and UEFA

In September 2012, Albania international Lorik Cana, along with Swiss internationals Granit Xhaka, Valon Behrami and Xherdan Shaqiri, all of them with Kosovo Albanian origin, wrote a declaration to FIFA President Sepp Blatter, asking him to allow Kosovo to play friendly matches. The declaration was also signed by eight other Albanian footballers hailing from Kosovo as Ahmed Januzi, Alban Meha, Armend Dallku, Burim Kukeli, Etrit Berisha, Fatmire Bajramaj, Lorik Cana, Mërgim Mavraj and Samir Ujkani.

On 6 February 2013, FIFA decided to allow Kosovan club teams to play friendly games against clubs from countries whose national teams were members of FIFA. However, it was stipulated that Kosovan clubs and teams could not display national symbols such as the Kosovan flag, emblem, etc., or play the Kosovan anthem back then. On 5 March 2014, the Kosovan football team was finally allowed by FIFA to play its first international friendly match, against Haiti this match ended in a 0–0 draw.

After the match against Haiti, six more matches were followed in 2014, against Turkey, Senegal, Albania, Equatorial Guinea and Oman respectively. Kosovo would secure their first win ever, in an international football match after beating Oman 1–0 with a goal from Albert Bunjaku.

Membership in UEFA and FIFA
In September 2015, at an UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Malta, the request from Kosovo for admission in UEFA was scheduled for deliberation in the next Ordinary Congress, to be held in Budapest. On 3 May 2016, at the Ordinary Congress, Kosovo was accepted into UEFA after members voted 28–24 in favor of Kosovo. Ten days later, Kosovo was accepted in FIFA during their 66th Congress in Mexico, with 141 votes in favour and 23 against.

First Tournament

Kosovo debut in the World Cup Qualification

Kosovo began to make their debut in International Football at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. In which Kosovo faced in Group I. Croatia, Finland, Ukraine, Turkey and Iceland. The Kosovars created its first major surprise, holding host Finland to a 1–1 draw, thanks to a penalty scored by
Valon Berisha. but it turned to be the lone point of Kosovo in the qualification, as the team lost the remaining games and finished last. Also suffering the highest loss in their young history against Croatia with 0–6 at home. After this Qualification Albert Bunjaki were sacked and replaced by Swiss coach Bernard Challandes for the newly upcoming UEFA Nations League competition.

Kosovo's Golden era

Following the failure to qualify for 2018 FIFA World Cup, Kosovo participated in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D Group 3 against Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands, and Malta. Kosovo first ever UEFA competition match was against Azerbaijan in which they draw away with a goalless result. Kosovo achieved their first win in the UEFA Nations League, which was also the team's first-ever competitive win, a 2–0 home win against the Faroe Islands. Kosovo would also gain more confidence after beating Malta away from home with 0-5 by goals from  Muriqi, Kololli, Avdijaj and Rashica. That is Kosovo's highest win in their football history of the country. In the final match of the Group, the Kosovans faced Azerbaijan this time at home, beating them with a stellar performance with 4–0 in which Arber Zeneli scored a hattrick for his Country. After this Kosovo finished the league unbeaten (with four wins and two draws) and secured promotion to the C league for the next edition, as well as securing the country's first-ever play-offs spot in its attempt to qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.

After a successful Nations League, campaign Kosovo entered the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying in which they were placed in Group A against
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Montenegro, and the well known side of England. The Kosovan Football Federation enjoyed an unbeaten streak of 15 matches in international football from 2017 and also at the start of their first ever UEFA Euro qualifying campaign. As the Kosovans were able to start pretty well considering their underdog role at this group drawing 1:1 against Bulgaria at home in the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Prishtina, thanks to an equalizer from Arber Zeneli missing out unlucky on their first win in this group. Despite drawing once more away from home against Montenegro, than Kosovo were able to win their first ever qualifying match for a major tournament by defeating Bulgaria 3–2.  away from home in the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia to a late header by Elbasan Rashani.
 The next win came surprisingly in Prishtina against the Czech Republic winning with 2–1 with goals from Vedat Muriqi and Mërgim Vojvoda. After this win they were called the "Brazilians of the Balkans" due to their long unbeaten run of 15 matches in which they won 11 at that time. Being also the longest unbeaten run in Europe out of any national football team at that current time.

Notable Kosovan Football Players

Three football players born in Kosovo (Milutin Šoškić, Fahrudin Jusufi, Vladimir Durković) were part of the Yugoslavia national football team, who won the gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics and silver medal at the 1960 European Championship. Nowadays, in many European teams, there are players from Kosovo who have the opportunity to show their talents and values.Lorik Cana was the captain of Olympique de Marseille and Sunderland A.F.C., while Valon Behrami played for West Ham United F.C. and currently is playing for Watford FC. There are other players who had the opportunity to play for European football teams, such as Xherdan Shaqiri, who plays now as a midfielder for Chicago Fier and for the Switzerland national football team. He played before for FC Basel as well as for Bayern Munich with who he won the 2012–13 Champions League with. He than also had a successful spell with Liverpool winning his second UEFA Champions League in 2018-19, being so far the only Albanian of Kosovan descent to achieve this feat. Other notable footballers are Granit Xhaka, Milot Rashica or Amir Rrahmani who recently won the Seria A title with SSC Napoli in 2022-23 in his football career.

Kosovo Derby

Kosovo Derby is the largest football derby in Kosovo which is contested between fierce rivals Drita FC and SC Gjilani. The derby was started in 1995 after the crisis and split of Drita FC. For the past 20 years, the match has attracted tens of thousands of fans.

There is often a fierce rivalry between one of the two strongest teams in the national league and that is particularly the case in the Football Superleague of Kosovo, where the game between Drita and Gjilani is known as the Kosovo Derby. According to the tradition of the city of Gjilan, the party starts with fans organization, who try to give the maximum support for the respective clubs, there is also some surprise for the other opponent camp, to say that we were better and is appreciated more than what is presented to you with great curiosity about the whole city, what a presentation will be on the weekend from  and .

Three days before the match the derby gives the atmosphere a night life, everywhere in the cafe bars is an atmosphere that occurs only during national holidays, where fans are seen by both the  and  to live all that week under the fever of the much-anticipated derby.

One hour before the match, the two camps are organized in groups and always avoid eventual incidents between the two ultras groups. They divide the streets from where they will go to the stadium, which is good, because the Kosovo Police organised themselves in a way to avoid the breakdown of this holiday and the much-anticipated confrontation in Gjilan.

For a brief few moments, everything apart from the dozens of flares that littered the pitch, that'd had disappeared from view. Gone were the two white minarets that usually overlook the stadium in eastern Kosovo. Gone too were the lines of riot police patrolling the front of the main stand along with the 10,000-strong crowd, all enveloped in a monstrous blue cloud of smoke. On the other side of the pitch, a similar scene was being played out, but the consuming cloud was red. The only evidence of a football match being played was the thunderous noise of drums and chants rising ethereally from the fog.

Futsal
Kosovo's history in Futsal is stated since the early 21th century. They finally got accepted as an UEFA futsal member on the Congress in Budapest in September 2015. They are accepted as a World Futsal member in the 66th FIFA congress held in Mexico, being finally fully accepted in May 2016.  The Futsal Superleague of Kosovo was founded in 2005.

They gain access to the UEFA Futsal Champions League in their debut season in the 2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup. In which FC Feniks Drenas made their debut for Kosovo at this competition. Feniks were able to impress in the first round as they won all three matches against Oxford City Lions with 2-3 from England, they beating than Andorran side FC Encamp with a high scoring 0–12 win against the host of this round. In the third and final match Feniks Drenica were once more able to win as they beat ASA Tel Aviv with a final score of 6-0 respectively. Qualifying as a debutant to the Main round. In the Main Round they were able to maintain their form. They won their first match against the host Železarec Skopje with 0–5 respectively. That would be followed by a close loss to the Azerbaijian side Araz Naxçivan with a 0–1 despite that loss. Feniks then were able to beat Tbilisi State University from Georgia with a decisive 3–7 win to qualify as the first Kosovan Futsal Club to qualify for the Elite Round, competing with the sixteen best European clubs that year. It is so far also the best result for Kosovo in a Football-based competition. In the Elite Round itself Feniks wasn't able to qualify but had some close matches against Nikars Riga 4-3 loss despite an equalizer from Brahimi and in the last match against Real Rieti even leading that match despite the loss they would finish this season as the 13th best Futsal team in Europe. The greatest achievement for Kosovo at this sport.

Basketball

Basketball is one of the most known sports in Kosovo. The first championship was held in 1991 with the participation of eight teams. The first champion was KB Prishtina. The Basketball Federation of Kosovo was accepted as a full member of FIBA on 13 March 2015. Kosovo took first part in the EuroBasket qualification for the first time in 2017. Kosovo would secure their first ever win against North Macedonia in their debut winning with 72–68 at home. Kosovo would win once more during the Pre-Qualifiers, against Estonia 75–69 to finish with a (2–2) record to advance to the first round of World Cup qualifying. In the next round, Kosovo would eventually see their World Cup hopes vanish, as the team went winless before being eliminated. Kosovo most recently recorded its highest win against Switzerland scoring an easy win with 76–49 in the qualification for the EuroBasket 2025 tournament. In the third round.

Since 2013, five teams from Kosovo KB Prishtina, KB Peja, KB Trepça, KB Bashkimi and KB Rahoveci have participated in the Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL).
The Kosovo Basketball Federation organizes competitions in different categories for men and women. The major league of basketball is called ETC Super League following, first league, juniors' league, cadets' league, and pioneers' league.
Also part of the Kosovo Basketball Federation competitions is the Cup of Kosovo. The current winner is Peja.
Participating teams in the ETC Super League are: KB Prishtina, Peja, Trepça, Bashkimi, KB Drita, KB Besa, RTV 21, and Kastrioti.
The current champion is Sigal Prishtina.

KB Prishtina is the most successful Basketball team in Kosovo. They have been crowned champions of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague 14 times. They also won the Kosovo Cup 15 times most recently in 2020. KB Prishtina also won the Kosovo Supercup seven times so far. KB Prishtina successfully won twice the Balkan International Basketball League first in 2014–15 against BC Rilski Sportist and for the second time in 2015–16 after beating in the finals Mornar Bar. Prishtina made their debut in European Basketball at the FIBA Europe Cup in 2015–16. They were able to qualify for the Play-offs for the first time in 2018–19 where they faced in the round of sixteen Pallacanestro Varese. It is the best result for Kosovan basketball at the FIBA Europe Cup. So far Kosovan Basketball club has won 17 matches in European Basketball. KB Ylli is the most recent club who represented Kosovo at the 2022–23 FIBA Europe Cup. Their most famous win came against the German side Brose Bamberg winning away from home with 78–81 after over time.

Notable players born in Kosovo who played for the very successful Yugoslavia national basketball team including Zufer Avdija, Marko Simonović, and Dejan Musli. Ferit
Zekolli were the only Kosovan of Albanian descent, who played in the First Federal Basketball League in the late 1970s for KK Zadar from Croatia in the 1977–78 Saison. One of the most famous clubs in basketball was called Elektricisti, part of the second division in the former Yugoslavia, while Zufer Avdija, a basketball player for Eleketricisti has played for the basketball national team of Yugoslavia when they were part of the European Basketball League.

The female Basketball club  Univerziteti Prishtina have a long history as competing in the 1970 and '80s in the Yugoslav Women's Basketball League. Were they competed between the first and second division in Yugoslavia.They participated with success at the WABA League in 2003–04, in which they qualified for the Final Four after finishing third in the Regular season. They faced in the semifinals Croatian side Šibenik Jolly JBS in which they lost with 81–64 in the end missing out on the finals. In the third place match they faced another Croatian team in Croatia 2006 Prishtina lost this match close on the third place, finishing, this tournament in 4th place. Still one of the greatest achievements for the female Basketball club in Kosovo.

Judo
Judo is a martial art that brought Kosovo its first gold medal. The organization of games between the clubs is controlled by the Judo Federation of Kosovo. The Kosovo Judo Federation was accepted in 2012 as a full member of the International Judo Federation. Presently, there are 12 clubs active from different cities in Kosovo. The number of participants from all the clubs is 750 men and 250 women, while the number of active coaches is 25.

Judo is the most successful individual sport in Kosovo. At the European Judo Championships the Kosovan judokas winning so far 22 medals in which of them being 8 gold 3 silver and 11 bronze, since their first participation in 2014. In the World Judo Championships they would win one gold medal in 2013 and 5 times Bronze as well. Kosovo also secured medals in Judo at the Mediterranean Games they won nine medals in which 6 are gold, 1 silber and 2 are bronze since their debut in 2018 Tarragona.

The most successful judoka is Driton Kuka, who was a champion for many years. He won the bronze medal at the European Championship in 1990, and the World Cup in Hungary in 1991. Nowadays, Kuka is the coach of Majlinda Kelmendi, a former judoka from Pejë who represented Kosovo in all judo competitions. Kelmendi won the gold medal at the 2009 World Junior Championships in Paris, France. She finished the fifth in the 2010 World Junior Championships in Morocco, and ninth in the 52 category at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan. However, she was not allowed to represent Kosovo at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London due to the resistance of the International Olympic Committee and the United Nations. Kelmendi gave Kosovo its first judo world title on 27 August 2013, as she beat Érika Miranda, a Brazilian judoka in the 52-kilogram gold medal match in Rio de Janeiro. In 2013, she was ranked first in the international rankings by the International Judo Federation in the 52 kg category. Majlinda Kelmendi would defend her title again at the 2014 World Judo Championships – Women's 52 kg in which she won gold at the finals. In her same year she became also a European Judo Champion in Montpellier, France, after beating in the finals Russian Natalia Kuziutina. Her next Triumph prior to the Summer Olympics came at the 2016 European Judo Championships in Russia defeating in the Women's 52 kg Gold medal match, French judoka Priscilla Gneto, winning her second gold medal at the European Judo Championships for Kosovo. She than would go on to win Kosovo's first ever Olympic medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Women's 52 kg category after beating in a close final Odette Giuffrida, to secure her first ever gold medal for her country at this competition. Kelmendi than go on to win gold for the third time at the 2017 European Judo Championships in Warsaw in Poland. It is followed by her fourth and final gold medal win at the 2019 European Games after winning the finals against Natalia Kuziutina to secure Kosovo first ever gold medal at the European Games in their history. She competed for her second time and final time at the 2020 Summer Olympics in which her injury let her down as she lost in the second round to Hungarian Réka Pupp. After that she retired her Judo Carrier by winning four European Judo Championships, two World Judo Championships and one Judo Olympic Gold medal for her country. She is nowadays working as a Judo coach for Kosovo under Driton Kuka.

Nora Gjakova won the first medal for Kosovo at the European Games when she earned bronze in the 57 kg category. At the following 2019 European Games Majlinda Kelmendi won gold in the 57 kg category. Nora Gjakova won silver and Loriana Kuka won the bronze medal in Judo as well. In total Kosovo won four medals at the European Games.

Kosovo competed with success at the Summer Olympics in Judo.
Majlinda Kelmendi would win Gold in Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 52 kg. The first Olympic medal for Kosovo in their history.
Distria Krasniqi win the first golden medal for Kosovo in Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg. Nora Gjakova won the second gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics for Kosovo in Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg. The third golden medal in Kosovo's Olympic history. Kosovo would finish the 2020 Summer Olympics at the 42 place in the end.

Boxing
Boxing is one of the most popular sports in Kosovo. Many Kosovan boxers competed with success, in the past for Yugoslavia and for other nations in fact such as Luan Krasniqi being the 1996 European Boxing Champion and Olympic Bronze medalist for Germany, or Arnold Gjergjaj. Nowadays Ilir Latifi compete in UFC for Sweden. Robin Krasniqi who is born in Istog in Kosovo, competing for Germany in Boxing. He held the IBO light-heavyweight and  WBA interim light-heavyweight championship.

Aziz Salihu is the most successful Boxer in Kosovo. He won eight Yugoslav championships in which of them five consecutive. Aziz would win two bronze medals at the European Championships first in  1981 Tampere and 1985 in Budapest. He won at the 1984 Summer Olympics the bronze medal in Super heavyweight. He competed at the Boxing World Cup held in   1987 Belgrade and won the bronze medal in Super heavyweight. Aziz would win Gold in Boxing at the 1987 Mediterranean Games held in Syria. Aziz Salihu became the first Kosovan to compete for the third time for Yugoslavia in Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Sami Buzoli is a boxer who boxed for Prishtina. He competed for Yugoslavia for the first time, at the European Championships in 1981. He reached the finals in the Bantamweight category, in which he lost against Viktor Miroshnichenko. He would repeat his feet at the following  European Championships in 1983 Varna, when he won silver for the second time, in his boxing career. The year before he competed at the  World Boxing Championship in 1982 Munich, in which he would win Bronze in the Bantamweight category as well.

Mehmet Bogujevci is a well known Boxer in Kosovo and Yugoslavia. He won five boxing Championships for Prishtina in Yugoslavia. At the European Championships in 1977 Halle he would win Bronze in light welterweight. He would compete at the World Boxing Championship in 1978 Belgrad in which he would win silber in light welterweight. One year later he would win Gold in boxing at the Mediterranean Games in 1979 Split. Mehmet Bogujevci became the first individual athlete from Kosovo to compete for Yugoslavia at the Olympics at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the men's welterweight category, reaching the quarterfinals, in his sole participation at the Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia.

Besim Kabashi is a known Kickboxer in Kosovo and Germany. He boxed between 1997 and 2002 in the Light Heavyweight and Super Heavyweight divisions, winning in his debut year the WKA German Light Heavyweight title. He would return once more to the ring four years later in 2006. He had immediate success, as he beat Zoran Dorcic in the second round to become the WKA European Super Heavyweight Champion in 2007. Besim would then beat Yahya Gülay in the fourth round to become WKA World Heavyweight in 2008 he would defend his title three more years, before his death in 2011. In his total carrier he lost only one fight out of his 66 fights winning 65 fights during his time.

Donjeta Sadiku is a well known female boxer from Prishtina. Donjeta made her debut for Kosovo at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokio in the Women's lightweight discipline. Being the first Boxer from Kosovo to represent her country. Sadiku
won the bronze medal at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Istanbul. She won the first medal for Kosovo in the Boxing World Championship. She would follow her medal drain after winning again the bronze medal at the Women's European Boxing Championships in 2022 Budva. The first medal for Kosovo after 35 Years in this competition.

Handball
The first big handball teams were formed during 1948, including Milicionar (Milicionari), Jedinstvo Gjakova (Jedinstvo Đakovica), Buduçnost Pejë (Buducnost Pec), Trepça Mitrovicë (Trepča Mitrovica), Kosova, and Prishtina. Small handball (modern handball) was introduced in 1950–1951. Handball teams succeeded in joining the first and second leagues in the former Yugoslavia, which at that time (1970–1980) was among the strongest leagues in the world. Teams such as Borci, Prishtina and Trepca reached the first league of the former Yugoslavia. Some of the players that played for the Yugoslav national team were Aziz Makiqi, Hasan Bajrami, and Tahir Sojeva.

From 13 to 23 October 1979, the women's World Junior Championships, Kosova '79, were held in Kosovo. The participants were: Austria, USSR, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Yugoslavia, Norway, DR Germany, FR Germany and United States.

After the Kosovo War, many attempts were made for the internationalization of handball however this did not happen until December 18, 2004, when Kosovo handball federation was accepted in the European handball federation with conditional rights. After that year, Kosovo's teams such as KH Prishtina, KH Besa Famiglia and KH Kastrioti participated in European competitions.

Nowadays in Kosovo there is a handball super league (major league), cup of Kosovo, first league, juniors' league, and cadets' league in both the women's and men's categories. Another part of Kosovo Handball Federation is beach handball. Participating clubs in the super league are: Besa Famiglia, Prishtina, Kosova, Kastrioti, Zhegra, Drenica, Vëllaznimi, Trepça, Samadrexha, Llapi, and Drita. The 2014 champion was KH Prishtina.

The greatest success so far was achieved in the Cell Cup tournament in Hungary in 2013, where the Kosovo U18 team took second place in a competition with teams from across Europe. Kosovo would host the 2019 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy in Prishtina. In which the Kosovo U21 men's handball national were able to win this competition after beating Chinese Taipei in the finals with 30–26, to qualify for the first time ever to the IHF Men's Junior World Championship in 2019 Spain. They became the first national team in Kosovo to qualify for a world championship, in any team sports.  Kosovo faced in Group C Croatia, Brazil, Portugal, Hungary, and Bahrain. Kosovo's debut was promising as they lost just close against Croatia with 23–17. but despite that they couldn't get closer in their results in the next three matches, losing to their opponents. Kosovo wrote history against Bahrain as they would draw with 29–29 against them, securing their first ever points in a Men's Junior World Championship. Kosovo would than compete in the 21st–24th place semifinals facing Argentina. They couldn't beat them as they lost close with 29–36.  But in their final match against Australia they would secure their first-ever win in a Handball Junior World Championship after winning this time comfortably with 38–20 to finish this tournament in the 23rd place.

The Kosovo men's national handball team is a recognized member since 2014 in the EHF and IHF.
After a short time Kosovo would hold its first Handball Tournament the 2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship was held in Prishtina. They impressively would win the bronze medal in their debut participation. Defeating Uruguay for third place with a result of 28–16, the first medal in their young Handball history. Kosovo would follow the same achievement in the following Tournament winning bronze again in   Bulgaria 2017 beating Cyprus with 32–25 in the end. Securing them also a spot to the Second phase of qualification for the European Men's Handball Championship 2020. Kosovo were drawn in Group 1 against Germany, Poland and Israel. The Dardanians were able to get some fair results after beating Israel at home 27-24 their first win in such a stage. They also secure an unlucky last second draw against Poland. Despite not qualifying to the main event Kosovo were able to actually compete with the 32 best European national teams in Handball. In the following Qualification for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship. Kosovo once more qualified for the Playoffs. In Group 8 they faced Sweden, Montenegro and Romania. After a draw at home Against Romania with 23-23  they were able to secure their first-ever away win in this face after beating surprisingly Romania in the following match with 25–30 in full time.
 Kosovo couldn't gain another win as they lost to Montenegro once more at home this time with 22–27. Missing out close once more on their first ever European Men's Handball Championship participation, after finishing third in the end. One of the greatest achievements in the Kosovan Handball history.

At the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification tournament, Kosovo drew with Italy 26–26 and defeated Georgia 30–21 to take second place, behind Romania, in the qualifying group, but were not able to progress to the second phase of qualifying.

Achievements in Handball

Volleyball
Volleyball first appeared in Kosovo in 1936 in the high schools of cities like Prishtinë, Pejë, and Prizren. The first championship was held in Pristina from 24 to 26 October 1948, with six teams participating: Proleteri, Buduçnosti, Trepça, Borac, Metohia, and Brastvo. During 1966–1967, four teams from Kosovo took part in the second division of the league of former Yugoslavia. In 1990 KV Prishtina-Elektroekonomia took part in qualification to enter the first division of the former Yugoslavia but did not succeed. The first League of Women was organized in 1975. Universiteti from Prishtina was the first team of women who took part in the second division league of Yugoslavia. Today the volleyball federation of Kosovo organizes competitions in the category of women and men. Major league called Superleague of Kosovo then come cup of Kosovo, the first league and juniors league.
Also part of the Volleyball Federation of Kosovo are competitions: Cup of Kosovo and beach volley.
Teams participating in Super league of Kosovo are: Theranda, KV Drenica, KV R&Rukolli, KV Besa, KV Luboteni, KV Ferizaji. The current champion is KV Luboteni.

Athletics
Athletics is a sport that includes running, walking, jumping, and throwing and is evidenced since the Illyrian period. The Athletics Federation of Kosovo is an association of athletes and their clubs that organize sports competitions in the discipline of athletics in Kosovo. The Athletics Federation of Kosovo was founded on 25 September 1991 in Prishtine. Some of the main responsibilities of the federation are to promote athletics in Kosovo, lead the development of athletics, coordinate the progress of the quality of athletics, and to adapt and implement short and long curriculum development in athletics. This association would not be so successful without the important achievements of their respective clubs. There are 13 active clubs, but the most successful ones are Atberia, Besa, Juniku, Llapi, Prishtina, Prizreni, and Trepca. From 25 clubs there are 196 males registered and 125 females registered, comprising a total of 330 active athletics in Kosovo. Among many other activities, the ones in which athletics from their respective clubs were part recently are  in Prishtina,  in Junik,  in Gjilan, and  in Prishtina. Currently, the association is preparing for the half marathon in Prishtina, one of the most important events that will be held on 11 May 2014.

In the 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie in Kinshasa Kosovo were able to secure its first medals in athletics at this competition. As Gresa Bakraqi would secure the Silber medal in the 3000 m steeplechase with a time of 10:48,25. Muhamet Ramadani won the second silber medal at the same sport for his country with 18.36 meters in total. Kosovo first two medals in athletics at those games.

Kosovo would make their debut in Athletics at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival held in Baku. In which Muhamet Ramadani would win Gold in Shot put. Kosovo's first-ever athletic medal in their history. Kosovo ranked 26th in the end. Recently Kosovo participated in the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships held in Tallinn. In which they would win one gold medal in Shot put, at the end Kosovo ranked 15th. Most recently Kosovo would secure its next medal win in the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in which Muhamet Ramadani secure a bronze medal with a score of 19.20. It was his first medal win at those games.

Karate

Karate in Kosovo is recently quite popular by the younger population. The most recent Male Championship was won by Argjend Berjani from Klubi Prishtina. The Female Championship winner was Antoneta Butakova from Klubi Prishtina as well for the year 2021.

In the European Karate Championships Kosovo having won so far two bronze medals at this Championship, most recently in the 2022 European Karate Championships in Gaziantep. As Elhami Shabani would win the bronze medal in the Men's 75 kg category. The most recent success came for Kosovo at the 2023 World Karate Championships in which the Women's team kumite would win the bronze medal after beating Kazakhstan 2-0 in the Bronze medal match. That is also Kosovo's first ever medal so far in a World Karate Championship.

In the European Games Kosovo would also participate in Karate in those games, with the best result caming in the Men's kumite 84 kg. Alvin Karaqi  would qualify for the Semifinals after winning his three matches in this group, notably beating favorite Uğur Aktaş with 3–1. In the semifinals he would face Aykhan Mamayev from Azerbaijan, losing his fight, despite that he faced Uğur Aktaş again for the Bronze medal match. Although having a 3–1 lead he couldn't hold on to it, as he lost just seconds before the end of this match with 3–4 finishing this championship in a 4th place, so far the best result for Kosovo in Karate at the European Games. Alvin also would once more participate for Kosovo. At the 2019 European Games, where he also missed out close on a medal win again. As he finished only third in his Group and fifth in the end. Despite not participating for Kosovo at the 2023 European Games this time around. He would win his and Albania's first ever Gold medal at the European Games. After beating in the Semifinals World Champion Michele Martina from Italy 3-2 and in the finals Brian Timmermans from the Netherlands with the same result.

Herolind Nishevci is a known Karateka born in Prishtina. He won in his Karate career two bronze medals, being so the most successful Karateka for Kosovo. He won in the 2016 World Karate Championships Bronze in the +84 Category. The first medal won for Kosovo, at the World Karate Championships. Herolind also won the bronze medal at the 2021 European Karate Championships in Poreč in the same category, for Kosovo.

Chess
Chess is a very common sport in Kosovo. Most chess events are organized by the Kosovo Chess Federation. Annual events organized by the federation include the Kosovan Chess Championship and the traditional , , and  tournaments. Kosovan chess clubs are divided by the federation into two categories. The first category is the First League, where some of the clubs are , , , , and . Clubs in the Second League are , ,  and .

Tennis
Tennis in Kosovo is governed by the Federation of Tennis in Kosovo. Kosovo Tennis Federation, founded in 1992, has 300 active players belonging to different age groups. KT Prishtina was founded on 27 June 1992 and is the oldest club in Kosovo. It has many players who are ranked highly in the Kosovo rankings list and it has its own tennis school and many coaches. The club consists of 230 members, 55% of which are females. KT Trepca was founded on 15 July 2003 and has its own tennis school which consists of 47 students. The main objective of the association is to group the teams and organized games between the clubs. Presently, there are ten clubs such as KT Prishtina, KT DielliX, KT Trepca, and KT Rahoveci. The federation is officially accepted in the International Tennis Federations (ITF) as the players from Kosovo are permitted to play in international games under the banner of ITF. This is a significant step toward the internationalization of tennis. The most famous tournaments with the highest participation are Sporek Open, Dielli Open, Trepca Open, Drenica Open, Prishtina Open and Masters.

Kosovo became the 50th member of Tennis Europe on 28 March 2015. which became effective in 2016. They made their debut at this sport when they participate at the 2016 Davis Cup in the Europe Zone Group D III. The Kosovo Davis Cup team just recently improve on its results in the 2023 Davis Cup. They won all of their three Group matches beating in the process Iceland 2–1  Azerbaijan 2–1 and Albania with 2–0 respectively. In the Playoffs they beat Andorra 2–0 to promote themselves back to the third division of the following 2024 Davis Cup.

The female tennis player representing Kosovo at the Billie Jean King Cup since 2016. Their first success came at the 2019 Fed Cup in the Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Pool B where they finished second in the standings. Winning against North Macedonia with 1-2 and against Algeria with the same result. They faced Lithuania in the Play-offs where they lost with 0–2 to finish their campaign in 4th place. In the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Kosovo were able to reach another milestone. As they were able to win all matches in Pool D in Skopje. Beating in the process Kenya with a 3-0 match win, then Albania close with 2–1 and against Namibia they received a walkthrough. With this result it meant that Kosovo were promoted to the Playoffs for the first time ever in the history of the country. In the Playoffs Semifinals Kosovo faced North Macedonia. Losing this match with 2–0 against the host.
 They would finish third at the end, being promoted to the
Group II Division in the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup. In which the female Tennis players from Kosovo would prevail, as they won two matches in this phase against Ireland 2-1 and South Africa 3–0 to secure another stay in the second Division. Finishing 7th in total, after losing to Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0 in the Playoffs. It is the best result so far for Kosovo at this sport.
 They are currently ranking 52nd in the world rankings.

The most successful tennis player from Kosovo is Adrijana Lekaj who won so far two singles and eight doubles titles in the ITF Circuit. Other known players are Donika Bashota who won two doubles titles in 2013  and Arlinda Rushiti who achieved the most wins for Kosovo at the Billie Jean King Cup with 13–13 in to

Rugby
The governing body for rugby union in Kosovo is the Kosovo Rugby Federation which was founded in 2018 and became a member of Rugby Europe on 3 December 2021. The Kosovo national rugby sevens team made its debut in an international rugby event at the Men's Sevens Conference 2 tournament on 11 June 2022 in Malta.

R.K Qikat is Kosovos first all-female rugby sevens team. They have entered regional competitions since 2017, and have a youth program for children under 12, in cooperation with the men's team. They have contributed to the path towards recognition of Kosovo Rugby Association by the World Rugby Organization and IOC.

Disability sports
The Paralympic Committee of Kosovo gained provisional membership of the International Paralympic Committee in July 2022 and a team representing Kosovo is expected to make its debut at the Paralympic Games in 2024.

Special Olympics Kosovo was founded in 2002. Athletes from Kosovo first took part in the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games held in Dublin. This was the first time a team represented Kosovo at an international multisport event. Kosovo has participated in every Special Olympics World Summer Games since 2003 and Special Olympics World Winter Games since 2013. Their first successful medals came at the 2019 Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi. In which the Kosovan delegation won three medals.
Sheqir Vllasaliu won gold in athletics at the 200m run. While the other two remaining bronze medals where won, by athlete Ibish Zogaj.

Traditional sports

Albaniada is an event that is aimed at being traditional; it gathers together both young and old from all Albanian territories to play traditional games and sports. The main goal of this event is to 'bring back to life' games and sports that have been traditionally played in Albania.
Some of the traditional sports are hats (), measure and stick (), crouch (), ball-on-horse (), arm wrestling (), bag hopping (), leg wrestling (), boards (), capture the handkerchief (), rope pull (), stone throwing sideways (), overhead stone throwing (), single-hand stone throwing and swords (). These kinds of sports can be played in an indoor environment like Oda or outside.

Sports fan clubs
Kosovan people are known for the support they show for their local teams. There are four big fan clubs: Plisat, supporting Pristina; Shqiponjat, supporting Peja; Intelektualët, supporting FC Drita; and Skifterat, supporting SC Gjilani.

Plisat

This fan club was founded in 1987 by the supporters of FC Prishtina. They got their name from the traditional Albanian cap called Plis. Usually, the members of Plisat stay in the east stand of the Pristina City Stadium while supporting their team in football. They are popularly known as "the 12th player" of FC Prishtina because of the massive support they provide during the games – no matter if losing or winning. In the early 1980s they made notable travels to Čačak, but particularly notable was when, in 1983, more than 7000 supporters followed FC Prishtina to the Marakana stadium in Belgrade in the club's historical victory over Red Star Belgrade in the at-the-time strong Yugoslav First League.

Besides supporting the football team, after the Kosovo war, Plisat started to also support their basketball team, Sigal Prishtina, and handball teams. They started to shape their 'support style' by cheering for their teams in different ways – followed by different choreography in the stands of the city stadium in Pristina. Plisat these days are the most famous fan club in Kosovo.

Shqiponjat

Shqiponjat (English:The Eagles) fan club was founded on December 13, 1993, in Peja. This fan club got their name from the symbol of the Albanian mountains – the Albanian Eagle. They support the Peć teams like KF Besa in football, KB Peja in basketball and KH Besa in handball.

Intelektualët

This fan club got this name (English:The Intellectuals) after the club was founded in 1947 by the intellectuals and the society of the city in Gjilan. They support all of the ten clubs that share the name Drita. This fan club mostly supports the biggest club of Gjilan – the football club Drita in the matches organized in the City Stadium of Gjilan, but the Intellectuals also cheer for the teams in basketball, volleyball and handball for both genres. The colors that characterize this fan club are white and blue, as those are the colors all clubs named Drita use.

There are several theories about the origin of the name of the fan club. One is that the name came from the good behavior of the fans, and the good organization of their matches in comparison with other clubs at that time in Kosovo. Another theory is that the name came from the patriotic factions within the club which used the club and its infrastructure as camouflage to organise clandestine meetings with other patriots of the Kosovo Albanian patriotic movement. Initially, the fan club was spontaneous and had no name, but after 1998, they became well-organized, with several well-identified subgroups which helped the team and the club in their different activities. The most powerful of these subgroups in the period around 2000 to 2002 were "Holy Blue" and "White and Blue Hooligans".

Nowadays, Intelektualët are the biggest and most active tifo groups after the war.

Arpagjik't

The fan clubs in Prizren started when the local football club, KF Liria, played in the Yugoslav Second League. People from the city organized with traditional songs, costumes and traditional dances, and headed to the local stadium now called  to support their football club at that time.

After the war in Kosovo, their presence in the matches became regular, and the fans started to call themselves Arpagjik't. After the first season, the groups Arpagjik't and The Panthers merged under one same name – Arpagjik't.

The first flag for the Panthers was prepared in 2001, measuring 20 by 7 meters, on which was written "Go Bashkimi, Go Panthers". The first days under the name Arpagjik't were very successful because the fan club distributed over 400 fan membership cards, with which the fans could watch the matches without paying anything. This was a new era for the ultras in Prizren under one name. The aim of the fan club is to prepare the city stadium and local indoor arenas in which the local clubs play games, prepare the stands with requisites, flags and club scarves.

Skifterat
Skifterat, in English 'Falcons', was founded in September 1999 in the city of Gjilan.

Their colours are red and white and they support SC Gjilani. The name Skifterat ('Falcons') is a tribute to a battalion of soldiers within the KLA, where most of the soldiers were from the city of Gjilan.

The fan club is located in the city of Gjilan and it supports the football team SC Gjilani. They supported SC Gjilani many years before the war, but did not have a name prior to September 1999. They formed a group that they named Skifterat in the first football season after the war in Kosovo.

Skifterat take pride in being the most unique fan base in Kosovo. Most of the other fan clubs have teams from other sports to support which associate with their team's name. Skifterat only has one team, SC Gjilani, which does not have any other sports associated with their name.

Skifterat take pride in supporting a club that has not had any success lately and still they have always been there being their 12th player through rough times.

Skifterat were very active in the early days, being one of the first organized fan bases in Kosovo and bringing new things to the tifo scene in Kosovo.

Skifterat are one of the most organized fans in Kosovo, supporting their team home and away.

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International sports membership

For a long time in Kosovo the people have missed international activities, so it has been a vacuum about organizing international sports events and the opportunity to represent the quality of the young athletes of Kosovo in the international level, who would give a positive impact in advancing in the local sport. Kosovo was a part of several international sports federations in the 1990s and has applied to become a member of many more after its 17 February 2008 unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia. Currently, Kosovo federations are full members of seven international federations, provisional members of four international federations, associated members of two international federations and members of one European federation. On 22 October 2014, the International Olympic Committee announced that it had granted provisional recognition to the Kosovo Olympic Committee and proposed that it be granted full recognition at the IOC Session to be held in December 2014. On 8 December 2014, Olympic Committee of Kosovo became a full member of International Olympic Committee. The acceptance of Kosovo in the International Olympic Committee can have a significant positive impact in accepting other sport federations in the international level.

The International Committee of Mediterranean Games launched the bidding process for the 2030 Mediterranean Games at a meeting of its executive committee held on 10 December 2022 in Prishtina, Kosovo. In April 2023, the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM) announced the end of the candidature process and the sole candidate city, Prishtina, for the 2030 Games. Prishtina was confirmed as the host city on 8 September 2023 during the ICMG General Assembly with 55 votes in favour, eight against and three abstentions. it will be the second time only that these games are organized in the Western Balkans, following the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split when it was then Yugoslavia.

Accepted membership applications
The following sports federations have either admitted or have received the application from Republic of Kosovo to be admitted into their membership.

Medal winners in the Olympics, European Games and Mediterranean Games

Kosovar sportspeople

Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro

Other countries

See also

 Kosovo at the Olympics
 Kosovo at the European Games
 Kosovo national football team
 Football Superleague of Kosovo
 Kosovo national basketball team

References

External links
 Olympic Committee of Kosovo
 The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports


A dhurrie (also dhurri, durrie, durry or dari) is an Indian and Pakistani term for a handwoven rug or a thin flat carpet, an item of home furnishing. The dhurries have unique designs inspired by the state of origin such as multicolor stripes, one of the most popular patterns. Dhurrie weaving was a big industry in rural India. Dhurries are used traditionally in South Asia as floor-coverings.

The concept of dhurrie is a little bit different from a rug or carpet, because they are used for bedding or packaging, not only as a floor covering. But since the dhurries serve the same purpose as carpet or rugs they can be described as one.

Uses
They have a variety of use depending on size, pattern and material. The smallest one is 12" by 12" and is used as a table cover for telephone stands and flower vases. They are also made in sizes that are ideal for doing meditation 24" by 24", known as an aasan.

Dhurries used in large political or social gatherings may be as large as 20 feet by 20 feet. Dhurries are easily portable being light weight and foldable. They come in variety of color combinations and patterns catering to the needs of any taste or occasion.

Dhurries have a low maintenance cost as they do not get infected by silverfish or other insects responsible for destroying carpets.

Dhurries can be used year round. The cotton dhurrie is warm in winters and cool in summers.

Material
Dhurries are made from four types of materials: cotton, wool, jute, and silk, as well as in variety of combination of all these materials. This material is first converted into thread and then woven into dhurries.

Manufacturing

In Rajasthan pit looms are also used for weaving in which weaver sits in a pit and feet are used in weaving. The maximum breadth is 24".

Haryana is famous for its dhurries especially the Punja Dhurries. Dhurries are present in almost all villages and are considered a leisure time activity by women. They are colourful and are used as bedsheets or floor coverings. Haryana's dhurries are one of the most famous textile in India.

Madhya Pradesh dhurries are known for their colours and sturdy character. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, make distinctive type of dhurries. In some part of these states the dhurries make a part of dowry given at the time of a daughter's marriage.

Several important centres of dhurrie-making in pre-Independence Punjab are now in Pakistan; however, in present-day Punjab, the areas around Ludhiana, Faridkot and Bhatinda are fairly prolific and well-known. Shah-nashin, a type of Dhurrie with checkerboard pattern in the center was also a product of the Punjab region.

Dhurries made in Rajasthan at Salawas are known as Panja dhurries and are exported on large scale. Khairabad in Uttar Pradesh is a major dhurrie-making centre. Citapore rugs (Sitapur dhurries) made here are based on flat weave technique using horizontal looms. Besides cotton, jute, rayon and chenille dhurries are also made here and exported all over the world. IKEA and Agocha have been sourcing dhurries for their stores from this area.

Dhurries are also made in Navalgund taluk of Karnataka state in India. It has its own geographical tag for dhurrie, Navalgund durries known as jamkhana in local Kannada language. The craft is declining rapidly and the weavers are leaving the job to sustain their lives and earn better as it is a small business and cheap to sell while it requires a lot of effort to manufacture as it is hand-woven. Automation is too costly and faulty as it cannot be used without messing the design and patterns of the dhurrie.

See also

 Khes
 Tat patti

References

Indian rugs and carpets
Economy of Rajasthan
Textile arts of India
Rajasthani culture


Phú Mỹ is a township (thị trấn) and town of the Phú Tân District of An Giang Province, Vietnam.

Communes of An Giang province
Populated places in An Giang province
District capitals in Vietnam
Townships in Vietnam


USS SC-498 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy, and later the Free French Navy, during World War II.

She was laid down as PC-498 on 12 March 1941 by the Westergard Boat Works in Rockport, Texas, and launched on 21 July 1941.  She was commissioned as USS PC-498 on 29 April 1942.  She was later reclassified a SC-497 class submarine chaser and renamed SC-498.

She was transferred to the Free French Navy as part of the Lend-Lease program on 18 March 1944 as CH-142, and was later reclassified as P-696.  Her exact fate is unknown.

See also
 Harbour Defence Motor Launch
 Wooden boats of World War II

References

Motor Gunboat/Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive: SC-498

SC-497-class submarine chasers
Ships built in Texas
1941 ships
SC-497-class submarine chasers of the French Navy
Ships of the Free French Naval Forces


George Washington Buckner (December 1, 1855 – February 17, 1943) was an American physician and diplomat. He was United States Minister to Liberia from 1913 to 1915.

Life

Born into slavery near Greensburg, Kentucky, Buckner was freed at the age of ten. He attended a Freedman's School in Greensburg where he received a basic education. In 1870 he moved to Louisville to live with his aunt and worked there briefly as a household servant before moving back to Green County in 1871 to be a teacher. Buckner later moved to Indiana where he was educated as a teacher at Indiana State Normal School  in Terre Haute, and as a doctor at the Indiana Eclectic Medical College.

After graduating from normal school, Buckner taught in Vincennes, Washington and Evansville.  He married Stella White in Vincennes in 1879. She died of tuberculosis in 1889.
Buckner graduated from medical school in 1890 and practiced medicine in Indianapolis for a year before moving to Evansville where he opened a doctor's office.  He married Anna Cowen there in 1896. They had five children. John W. Boehne, a prominent Evansville Democrat, brought Buckner to the attention of President Woodrow Wilson, who appointed him Minister Resident to Liberia in 1913. Buckner served in the post until 1915, during which time he also served as American Consul General in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. He became ill frequently with fever because of the tropical climate and resigned to return to Evansville.

Buckner belonged to the African Methodist Episcopal Church and was active in Evansville civic affairs. He helped establish the Cherry Street Black YMCA and the United Brotherhood of Friendship. An active member of the Democratic Party, he was often involved with his close friend, Congressman John W. Boehne. He regularly wrote the "Colored Folks" section of region's Democratic newsletter urging them to support the party, earning himself the nickname "Elder Statesman of Indiana Blacks".

He died at the age of 87 in Evansville and is buried there in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Legacy
His son, Zach Buckner, donated much of his father's arrows to the Stand Museum, where it is on display along with star platinum: the world
 A housing project in Evansville, George W. Buckner Towers, is named for him.

Notes and references

External links
Library of Congress: Facsimile transcript of oral history interview of George Washington Buckner by Lauana Creel
In the First Person: Document details of Creel interview of George Washington Buckner

1855 births
1943 deaths
19th-century American slaves
African-American diplomats
Physicians from Indiana
Indiana State University alumni
Indiana Democrats
People from Evansville, Indiana
Woodrow Wilson administration personnel
Ambassadors of the United States to Liberia
People from Green County, Kentucky
Burials in Indiana
People of the African Methodist Episcopal church
19th-century Methodists
20th-century American diplomats
African-American Methodists


Heraldo do Monte (born 1 May 1935 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil) is a Brazilian guitarist. He has played on albums by Gilberto Gil and Hermeto Pascoal.

In 1966, Quarteto Novo (with Airto Moreira, Hermeto Pascoal, Theo de Barros), released one album and launched the careers of its members.

Discography

1960: Heraldo e seu Conjunto

1961: Dançando com o Sucesso

1962: Dançando com o Sucesso 02

1970: O violão de Heraldo do Monte

1976: Batida Diferente

1980: Heraldo do Monte

1982: ConSertão (com Elomar, Arthur Moreira Lima e Paulo Moura)

1983: Cordas Vivas (part. especial: Hermeto Pascoal)

1986: Cordas Mágicas

2001: Viola Nordestina

2004: Guitarra Brasileira

2004: MPBaby - Moda de Viola

2007: Heraldo do Monte

2016: Heraldo do Monte

References

1935 births
Living people
Brazilian guitarists
Quarteto Novo members


KSFZ may refer to:

 North Central State Airport (ICAO code KSFZ)
 KSFZ-LD, a low-power television station (channel 29, virtual 41) licensed to serve Springfield, Missouri, United States


Epapterus dispilurus is a species of driftwood catfish distributed in the central and western parts of the Amazon River basin along and south of the main channel of the Amazon River, and Paraguay River basin in Paraguay, northern Argentina and southern Brazil. E. dispilurus grows to 13.0 cm SL. It inhabits the lower part of larger rivers. They are nocturnal, but are also active during dusk and dawn. They feed on smaller fish.

References

Auchenipteridae
Fish described in 1878
Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope


33rd Battalion or 33rd Infantry Battalion may refer to:

 33rd Battalion (Australia), a unit of the Australian Army
 2/33rd Battalion (Australia), a unit of the Australian Army that served during World War II
 33rd Battalion, CEF, a unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I
 33 Battalion (SWATF), a unit of the South West Africa Territorial Force
 Reserve Police Battalion 33, an auxiliary unit of the Third Reich
 Schutzmannschaft Battalion 33, an auxiliary unit of the Third Reich
 33rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry

See also
 33rd Division (disambiguation)
 33rd Brigade (disambiguation)
 33rd Regiment (disambiguation)
 33rd Squadron (disambiguation)


Aviva Group Ireland plc is the Irish arm of British insurance firm Aviva plc. Its headquarters are in Dublin. The company also provides investment management and pension services. Hoover's reports that Aviva is the largest general insurer in Ireland, with a market share of more than 20 per cent. The company also has a majority shareholding in Aviva Health Insurance.

History
The company was established in 1908 as Hibernian. In 1925, the Guardian Assurance Company Ltd purchased a majority shareholding in the company and by 1931, it was offering fire, accident, motor, fidelity guarantee and plate glass insurance. Guardian Assurance sold the company to a consortium of Irish firms, including the Bank of Ireland, in 1935.

The company started to transact engineering business in 1940, and in 1946 added marine insurance in partnership with the Irish National Insurance Company Ltd. In 1964, the Commercial Union Assurance Company Ltd acquired the majority shareholding from the Bank of Ireland and two years later changed the company's name to the Hibernian Insurance Company Ltd. By 1969, Commercial Union owned 99.9% of shares in the company.

A consortium of Irish investors acquired the majority shareholding in the company in 1979, while Commercial Union retained a 30 per cent share. In 1999, the company was acquired by CGU plc, which itself later became part of Aviva.

In 2008, the company announced that it was to transfer much of its operations to Bangalore, India with the loss of 580 jobs. In the same year, Hibernian announced that it would be rebranding as Aviva as part of a global rebranding campaign to have all Aviva's subsidiaries operate under the same name. Also in 2008, the Central Bank of Ireland fined the company for various breaches of the Consumer Protection Code.

The company dismantled its Dublin-based European holding company in 2011, moving the operation from London. In the same year, the Central Bank of Ireland again fined Aviva for failing to have proper controls and procedures surrounding the safeguarding of client assets.

Aviva Stadium
It was announced in 2009 that the new stadium on Lansdowne Road in Dublin would be called the Aviva Stadium as a result of a ten-year deal with Aviva reported to be worth €40 million.

See also
 Healthcare in the Republic of Ireland

References

External links
Discusses the acquisition of Hibernian Group plc by CGU
Goliath – Hibernian Group plc
Business2000.ie – Hibernian
Aviva's Irish website

Ireland
Financial services companies established in 1908
1908 establishments in Ireland
Insurance companies of Ireland
Medical and health organisations based in the Republic of Ireland
Irish subsidiaries of foreign companies
Financial services companies based in Dublin (city)


The Head and Neck Cancer Alliance (HNCA) is a non-profit organization that works with health professionals and organizations, celebrities and survivors to enhance the overall effort in prevention, treatment, and detection of cancers of the head and neck region.

The Head and Neck Cancer Alliance was established in 2008. Formerly the Yul Brynner Head and Neck Cancer Foundation, HNCA activities include:
•	Providing support to head and neck cancer patients throughout the year
•	Supporting ongoing research in head and neck oncology
•	Educating children and adults in the disease process, treatment and prevention of head and neck cancer

In addition to year-round events and awareness efforts such as benefit concerts and walkathons, the Alliance sponsors a week-long series of events to promote early detection and public awareness of this disease.

Head and neck cancer
Cancers of the mouth (lip and tongue), larynx (voice box), pharynx (throat), salivary glands, and nose/nasal passages are generally known as head and neck cancer. These cancers typically form in the squamous cells, which are the cells lining the moistened, mucosal locations of the head and neck, such as the nose, mouth and throat.
Such squamous cell cancers are usually termed, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck or head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma (HNSCC). HNSCC typically occurs among middle-aged to elderly adults, but increased diagnoses of HNSCC in people under the age of 45 has been reported in recent years.

Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
Annual Oral Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week is in April and the date moves yearly. For one week during April, chapters of The Head and Neck Cancer Alliance and affiliates conduct free screenings, educational school talks, walkathons, fundraisers and other events in an effort to save lives via early detection, awareness, support, and education. Chapters all across the country participate in awareness events to help increase knowledge of head and neck cancer; one such chapter is the Louisiana Chapter, which has the main focus of conducting research to raise funding for treatment of local head and neck cancer patients.

Screening

The stage of the disease is a determining factor in deciding the prognosis of head and neck cancer. There is a correlation between disease stage, survival and quality of life. The median five-year survival drops significantly from about 80% with the presence of regional or distant metastasis.

Nearly 8000 people die every year due to head and neck cancer, which is attributed to advanced stage disease at the time of diagnosis. Early detection is imperative for increasing chances of survival. Free screening clinics for head and neck cancers during Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness week, sponsored by the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance, provides opportunities for earlier diagnosis of malignant cancer.

Screenings for oral, head and neck cancer are generally available via local physicians, dentists and other healthcare facilities. The Head and Neck Cancer Alliance offers free screenings nationwide; free screenings are offered predominantly during Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week in April at healthcare events and other related functions.
The Head and Neck Cancer Alliance has also developed Head and Neck Check, a free iPad app to assist people with screening themselves for head and neck cancer.

References

External links
Official website
Head and Neck Check app

Cancer organizations based in the United States
Medical and health organizations based in California


Assagao is a village in Bardez, Goa, India located about 4 kilometres west of Mapusa. Assagao is known as the Land of Flowers as well as several other nicknames – “Goa’s South Extension”, ‘Artist’s village’, “The Beverly Hills of Goa”, “Goa’s Tuscany”. The village is surrounded by hills. From Mapusa town, the road u-turns uphill and, while descending the pass in the small plateau, splits into two parallel roads: one which proceeds straight along the St. Cajetan Church, Assagao Union High School to Anjuna and the other, which passes by Pallottine Seminary and Panchayat Office straight to Badem. The popular beaches of Anjuna and Vagator are to the west of Assagao.

History
Like all of Goa, Assagao was long held by the Portuguese. The early inhabitants of Assagao were Saraswat Brahmins of the Atri gotra. There must have been others too. But all were invariably Hindu with Ravalnath being the presiding deity.

Education
Assagao is home to educational institutions including Agnel Institute of Technology and Design Engineering College, DMC College, Assagao Union High School and Government Primary Schools.

Sports
Football and cricket are popular sports in the village. During Monsoon people play football, and an inter-ward football tournament is organised every year. Cricket is played during summer.

Geography
Assagao is located at  at an elevation of  above MSL.

Places of interest
 Mint Royale Resort near Anjuna Beach
 Assagao Heritage Walk
 St. Cajetan church is architecturally similar to St Alex's Church in Calangute.
 Dossa-zor spring
 SWAN Yoga Retreat
 Ghatyeshwar Temple
 Purple Valley Yoga Retreat
 Redbrickshop - see weaves & crafts of India

References

External links
 About Assagao

Villages in North Goa district


KSEP may refer to:

 KSEP-LP, a low-power radio station (99.9 FM) licensed to Brookings, Oregon, United States
 Stephenville Clark Regional Airport in Stephenville, Texas (ICAO: KSEP)


Closer is a Canadian television series where new and emerging artists are interviewed in an intimate setting.  It was launched on aux.tv, a Canadian music website, and BiteTV, a digital cable channel, in late 2008 and currently airs on both.

The show is an interstitial program, playing in two-minute segments before and after commercial breaks for other Aux TV shows.  The show profiles new and emerging artists in alternative rock, hip hop, indie rock, alternative country and other genres, speaking frankly about issues, thoughts, or anything else the artist wishes to discuss.

Collaborations
In February 2009, aux.tv participated with CBC Radio 3 and Exclaim! to launch X3, a new collaborative cross-promotional platform which sees all three outlets air feature content spotlighting a particular "Artist of the Month". The first X3 artist of the month was K'naan, and the second was Malajube.  These artists are featured on Closer for the month they are the X3 Artist.

Episodes

See also

References

2000s Canadian music television series
Interstitial television shows


Nattampatti is a village in Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, India. People of more than 40 castes live in this village.  More than 95% of the people are educated. It is called "Peacock Village" by locals.

Villages in Pudukkottai district


This is a list of United Church of Canada churches in Toronto, Ontario. In its early history, the city was an overwhelmingly Protestant community, and was a centre of Methodism. The Presbyterian Church also had a very strong presence. When the two denominations merged, Toronto was at the forefront of the formation of what became the United Church. The first council of the new church was held at Metropolitan United Church, still one of the city's most prominent. The later years of the 20th century saw a decline in the United Church in central Toronto, as followers of many new faiths moved in, forcing many of the downtown congregations to consolidate. At the same time the rise of the suburbs led to a new era of church building in the 1950s and 1960s. Today there are just under a hundred United Church churches in Toronto, but this number is steadily falling as congregations consolidate.

The Toronto Conference is one of the 13 conferences that the United Church is divided into. This conference covers much of south central Ontario, including all of the city of Toronto as well as the surrounding counties. The city itself is divided into two presbyteries:
Toronto Southeast, covering eastern North York, East York, the old city of Scarborough, Ontario and eastern areas of the old city of Toronto;
South West, covering Etobicoke, York, the western parts of North York and old Toronto.  South West also extends into Malton, Brampton and Halton Hills.

See also
List of Anglican churches in Toronto
List of Orthodox churches in Toronto
List of Presbyterian churches in Toronto
List of Roman Catholic churches in Toronto
List of Synagogues in Toronto

References
Toronto Conference - List of Presbyteries

Churches, United Church of Canada
Toronto, United Church of Canada
Christianity in Ontario


Pomburpa is a village in North Goa, India.

Geography
It is located at  at an elevation of 68 m above MSL.

Places of interest

 Our Lady of Socorro Church
 Church of Our Lady of Miracles
 Pomburpa Spring
 El Cid Farm (Poultry Farm Estd in 1964)

References

External links
 About Pomburpa

Villages in North Goa district


Dawid Lampart (born 4 August 1990) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.

Career
Lampart was a member of the Poland U-21 and U-19 national teams. Lampart won the 2009 Under-21 World Cup, 2009 Team U-19 European Championship and finished third at the 2009 Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship.

Results

World Championships
 Individual U-21 World Championship
 2009 - Lost in Domestic Qualifications
 Team U-21 World Championship (Under-21 World Cup)
 2009 -  Gorzów Wlkp. - U-21 World Champion (5 pts)

European Championships

 Individual U-19 European Championship
 2008 -  Stralsund - 11th place (7 pts)
 2009 -  Tarnów - 9th place (7 pts)
 Team U-19 European Championship
 2008 -  Rawicz - 4th place (7 pts)
 2009 -  Holsted - U-19 European Champion (7 pts)

Domestic competitions

 Individual Polish Championship
 2009 - 16th place in Semi-Final 2
 Individual U-21 Polish Championship
 2008 -  Rybnik - 13th place (4 pts)
 2009 -  Leszno - 3rd place (12 pts)
 Team U-21 Polish Championship
 2007 -  Rybnik - 3rd place for Rzeszów (12 pts) - Average 2.100
 2008 - 4th place in Group C
 Silver Helmet (U-21)
 2008 -  Rzeszów - 5th place (11 pts)
 2009 -  Częstochowa - 4th place (11 pts)
 Bronze Helmet (U-19)
 2008 -  Gdańsk - 9th place (6 pts)
 2009 -  Wrocław - 8th place (7 pts)

See also
 Poland national speedway team
 Speedway in Poland

References

Polish speedway riders
1990 births
Living people
Team Speedway Junior European Champions
Place of birth missing (living people)


Tir Newydd () was a Welsh-language quarterly literary magazine containing cultural essays, book reviews, short stories, poems and political comment. It also includes publisher's advertisements.  It was published between 1935 and 1939 by Hugh Evans a’i Feibion, Gwasg y Brython, Liverpool; it was edited by Alun Llywelyn-Williams.

It has been digitised by the Welsh Journals Online project at the National Library of Wales.

External links
 Tir Newydd from Welsh Journals Online

Quarterly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Defunct literary magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines established in 1935
Magazines disestablished in 1939
Welsh-language magazines
Literary magazines published in Wales


Liosomadoras morrowi is a species of driftwood catfish endemic to Peru where it is found in the Ucayali River.

References

Auchenipteridae
Freshwater fish of Peru
Fish described in 1940


The Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve () is the second largest reserve of the 56  national parks and protected areas in Ecuador. It is located in the Putumayo Canton in the Sucumbíos Province and in the Aguarico Canton in the Orellana Province. It was decreed on 26 July 1979 as part of the creation of the national protected areas system based on the recommendations of the FAO report on the "National Strategy on the Conservation of Outstanding Wild Areas of Ecuador".

From east to west, the elevation gently slopes from about 326 meters to slightly under 177 m above sea level and has an area of 590,112 hectares (5,900 km2 or 2,330 square miles). The upper watershed being still close to the Andes, the weather seems slightly milder than more eastern parts of the Amazon, with temperatures a bit lower during the day and at night usually cooling to the low twenties (°C) or seventies (°F).

The Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve is an important nature reserve in Amazonia with rather unusual ecological characteristics. Located at the foothills of the Andes, it is different from any other Amazon protected area in the world. The area encompasses a poorly drained plain with a network of periodically inundated forests, lakes and creeks. Such conditions are rare so close to the Andes, where the drainage in the foothills prevents the development of swamps and lakes. Given its proximity to the mountains, combined with a slightly cooler and wetter climate it may be expected to have a partly different species composition than other areas in the upper Amazon watershed. As all protected areas in the Amazon region, the area has a high biodiversity, but possibly a bit lower than better drained protected areas like the neighbouring Yasuni National Park, which is considered the most diverse park in the world. However, such claims must be met with caution, as insufficient data of other areas exist to scientifically compare the diversity of areas. Moreover, to the incidental visiting tourist or even professional biologist such differences are irrelevant because all areas close to the Andes are incredibly rich in species.

Characteristics

There are nine major ecosystems in Cuyabeno:
(1) well-drained forest located on small hills in the upper watershed and the areas between the semi-inundated planes, particularly up-stream from the park entrance at "the Cuayabeno Bridge";
(2) forests seasonally flooded by sediment-rich rivers, or varzea (Pires and Prance, 1985);
(3) seasonally flooded forests or swamps, traversed by sediment-poor black-water rivers with a vegetation dominated by Mauritia flexuosa palms;
(4) semi-permanently inundated forests flooded by black-water rivers, or igapó (Pires and Prance, 1985) and dominated by macrolobium trees which are the homes to countless epiphytes, herons, blue and yellow macaws and hoatzins;
(5) Submerged herbal vegetation found along lake and river shores; they consist of rooted water plants and shrubs that endure long-term submersion;
(6) "coffee-and-milk" coloured sediment-rich rivers, the largest being the Río Aguarico;
(7) "black-water" sediment-poor rivers, most notably the Zábalo River;
(8) permanent lakes that rarely fall dry, primarily Zancudo Coche along the Río Aguarico;
(9) semi-permanent lakes - the largest being the Cuyabeno Lake - that most of the years fall at least partly dry.
Black waters (both rivers and lakes) will turn sediment-laden during periods of high rainfall.

All large amazon mammals are present: the lowland tapirs, two species of deer, all Amazon cats, including jaguars and pumas, capibaras, two species of dolphins, manatees, both otter species, giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) and neotropical otter (Lutra longicaudis), etc. Monkeys are represented by 10 species, while rodents and bats are represented by dozens of species.

The current number of registered bird species is under debate, some claiming 530 species while others suggest that more than 580 species have been observed, but nobody is known to keep solid records. At the peak of the wet season, thousands of hectares of forest become inundated, forming an El Dorado for an estimated number 350 fish species, two species of cayman, boa constrictors and anacondas, while countless frogs and toads sing their never-ending concerts. Dolphins have been seen swimming deep in the inundated forest during high water, as they follow the fishes.

There are two lake areas in the park. The nearest network of lakes is in the eastern part of the park, and can be conveniently reached from Lago Agrio over an asphalt road. The other lake network is located at the border with Peru, and requires some extensive travel, which is now organized by the Cofan tribe from their Cofan Lodge. These lake and marsh areas have a different flora and fauna than the forests on the higher grounds in between these wetlands and at the upper watershed. While the inundated forests are relatively poor in species - but many more of each species, particularly wildlife -, the higher grounds have some of the highest number of trees per hectare on earth. On one location in neighbouring Yasuní National Park, 307 species of trees/hectare were counted.

The river system covers the rivers Aguarico, San Miguel and Cuyabeno along with their tributaries. Aforementioned two lake systems, both north of the Aguarico River have 13 lakes, while the largest lake, Zancudo Coche is South of the river. In the rainforest of the Amazon of Ecuador, it is difficult to speak of a rainy season, but a dryer season runs from somewhere mid-December to the end of the middle of March, but the beginning and the end of the dry season varies considerable. The climate corresponds to a wet tropical forest, with precipitation of about 3000 mm or 180 inches per year, and humidity ranging from 85% to 95%. The annual temperature oscillates around 25 °C or 77 °F.

Ethnology
The Sionas live in the area of the upper Cuyabeno lakes network and along the Tarapuy river, while the Cofans, and the Secoyas live on the banks of the Aguarico, an affluent of the Amazon. The Secoyas, who originally lived within the borders of what is now the reserve, currently live just outside of the reserve. A few Siona, Secoya, and Cofan folk are still knowledgeable about the use of natural medicines, but unfortunately, that knowledge is fading away rapidly among the younger generations. Additionally, new arrivals have settled in the reserve, including smallholders, and Quichua Indians.
Until the 1980s, these communities have mainly lived of fishing, farming and hunting. Since then, the life of the indigenous communities in the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve has changed due to improved access with roads built for oil exploitation and earnings from ecotourism.

References

External links

 Cuyabeno National Park's Official Site
Cooperation for Sustainable Development Website
 News and information about Ecotourism worldwide
 Ecuatorian Association of Ecotourism Website

Protected areas established in 1979
Nature reserves in Ecuador
Geography of Sucumbíos Province
Geography of Orellana Province
Tourist attractions in Orellana Province
Tourist attractions in Sucumbíos Province
Upper Amazon


The jaguar catfish (Liosomadorsa oncinus) is a species of driftwood catfish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Branco River.  It is also found in the aquarium trade.

References

Auchenipteridae
Fish described in 1841
Endemic fauna of Brazil