Am, kva?Kosovo ni bila nikoli republika dokler se niso sami za njo proglasili leta 2008 (oziroma jo je zahod). V jugoslaviji so bili vedno pokrajina (oziroma avtonomna pokrajina) pred tem pa regija.
Until the1960s the province was kept on a tight leash, but in 1974 it was granted full autonomy, which gave it almost the same rights as Yugoslavia's six republics.