JAKOVA (also written Diakovo, Gyakovo and Gjakovica), the largest town in Montenegro, Yugoslavia. Pop. (1921) 12,72.4. almost entirely Muslim Albanians. It is a miserable, badly-paved town, lying in a fertile plain surrounded by wild, wooded moun tains. Its inaccessibility and the lawlessness of its inhabitants protect it from the inroads of civilization, the only good approach being by the road from Prizren to Ipek. With improved com
munication Jakova would become an important market for agri cultural produce. There is a carpet factory in the town, and iron is said to exist in the district. Jakova was captured by the Serbs in the Balkan Wars (1912-13) and ceded to Montenegro by the Treaty of Bucharest (1913).