Shkodër County
Shkodër County
Qarku i Shkodrës (Albanian) | |
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Coordinates: 42°6′N 19°37′E / 42.100°N 19.617°E | |
Country | Albania |
Seat | Shkodër |
Subdivisions | 5 municipalities: |
Government | |
• Council chairman | Hilmi Lakti ( 6th of 12 |
NUTS Code | AL015 |
Website | www |
Shkodër County (Albanian: Qarku i Shkodrës) is a county in northwestern Albania, with the capital in Shkodër. The county spans 3,562 square kilometres (1,375 sq mi) and had a total population of 197,177 people as of 2021.[1] The county borders on the counties of Lezhë, Kukës and the country of Montenegro. The county consists of five municipalities: Fushë-Arrëz, Malësi e Madhe, Pukë, Shkodër and Vau i Dejës.[2]
During the
emerged in 1912 following its independence.The climate of the county is profoundly affected by the
The county features notable diversity with the landscape ranging from the snow-capped
With more than 215,000 inhabitants in 2016, the county is the sixth most populous county in Albania, the second most populous county in the
Geography
Shkodër is one of 12 counties of Albania, located in the west of the Northern Region. It lies between latitudes 42° N, and longitudes 20° E. The county area is 3,562 km2 (1,375 sq mi) and the second largest county by area in Albania and the largest in the Northern Region. It is limited to the counties of Kukës to the northeast and east, Lezhë to the southeast and south, the country of Montenegro in the north and the Adriatic Sea in the southwest.
The county has a wide variety of topographical sets and natural landscapes. The
Due to the considerable variation in altitude, it makes for a wide range of climate types. The
Protected areas
Demography
Population growth of the county of Shkodër in selected periods | |||||||
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Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2020 |
Pop. | 255,898 | 252,699 | 243,246 | 229,140 | 216,477 | 204,994 | 200,007 |
±% p.a. | — | −1.25% | −0.95% | −1.48% | −1.41% | −1.35% | −1.22% |
Source: [5] |
The county of Shkodër is the
Gallery
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Theth
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Rana e Hedhun
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Kir Gorge
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Population on 1st January by prefecture and sex" (PDF). INSTAT. 7 May 2021. p. 6.
- ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6374–6375. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "VLERËSIMI STRATEGJIK MJEDISOR P.P.V. BASHKIA SHKODËR" (PDF). bashkiashkoder.gov.al (in Albanian). Shkodër. pp. 59–64.
- ^ "PLANI OPERACIONAL i Zhvillimit Vendor Bashkia Pukë" (PDF). al.undp.org (in Albanian). Pukë. p. 9.
- ^ "Popullsia në 1 Janar sipas qarqeve dhe gjinisë 2001 - 2020" (in Albanian). Instituti i Statistikës (INSTAT). Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Shkodër (2011)" (PDF) (in Albanian). Instituti i Statistikës (INSTAT). pp. 39–40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave/ Population and Housing Census–Shkodër (2011)" (PDF) (in Albanian). Instituti i Statistikës (INSTAT). pp. 39–40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.