Elbasan County

Coordinates: 41°0′N 20°10′E / 41.000°N 20.167°E / 41.000; 20.167
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Elbasan County
Qarku i Elbasanit (Albanian)
County
View of Krraba Pass
View of Krraba Pass
6th of 12
NUTS CodeAL021
WebsiteOfficial Website

Elbasan County (Albanian: Qarku i Elbasanit) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population is 266,245 (2021),[1] in an area of 3199 km².[2] Its capital is the city Elbasan.

Administrative divisions

Until 2000, Elbasan County was subdivided into four districts:

Gramsh, Librazhd, Peqin and Prrenjas.[3]
Before 2015, it consisted of the following 50 municipalities:

The municipalities consist of about 385 towns and villages in total. See Villages of Elbasan County for a structured list.

Demographics

Elbasan County has 266,245 inhabitants as of January 2021.[1] Ethnic groups in the county include, as of the last national census from 2011:[2]

Religion in Elbasan County (2011 census)
Religion percent
Muslim
 
 64.61%
Prefer not to answer
 
 13.29%
Orthodox
 
 5.17%
Atheist
 
 3.27%
Not relevant/Not stated
 
 2.03%
Catholic
 
 1.03%
Bektashi
 
 0.51%
Evangelist or Protestant
 
 0.05%
Other Christian
 
 0.03%
Other religion
 
 0%

References

  1. ^ a b c "Population on 1st January by prefecture and sex" (PDF). INSTAT. 7 May 2021. p. 6.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b "2011 census results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6368–6369. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

External links

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