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Vorë
Vorë ( sq-definite, Vora) is a municipality in Tirana County, central Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Bërxullë, Prezë and Vorë, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Vorë. The total population is 25,511 (2011 census), in a total area of 82.76 km2. The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 10,901. History According to a tradition, the name of Vorë comes from the Albanian word "vorre" (varre) that means "graveyard." According to that tradition, the name comes from the time of Skanderbeg, because there were buried the fallen soldiers at a war. There is a medieval castle in the constituent village of Prezë. Gërdec explosions The municipality of Vorë includes the small village of Gerdec. In the Albanian Armed Forces' munition store in this settlement, an accident occurred on 15 March 2008, which caused a series of large explosions, lasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirana County
Tirana County ( sq, Qarku Tiranë, italic=unset), officially the County of Tirana ( sq, Qarku i Tiranës, italic=unset), is a county in the Central Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the tenth largest by area and the most populous of the twelve counties, with more than 912,000 people within an area of . The county borders on the Adriatic Sea to the west, the counties of Durrës to the northwest, Dibër to the northeast, Elbasan to the east and Fier to the southwest. It is divided into five municipalities, Tirana, Kamëz, Kavajë, Rrogozhinë and Vorë, with all of whom incorporate twenty-nine administrative units. Geographically, Tirana extends from the high and rugged Skanderbeg Mountains in the east to the flat shores of the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast along the Mediterranean Sea. Due to its location and the close proximity to the Adriatic Sea, its climate is particularly influenced by a Mediterranean climate with four distinct seasons. Two of the country's fourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gërdec
Gërdec is a village in Albania, 11 kilometers north-west of the capital Tirana. It is part of the municipality Vorë. It was the site of the explosions at a military base on 15 March 2008, causing the deaths of 26 people and injuring over 100.BBC News, 15 March 2008 The event was featured on the Discovery Channel
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Municipalities Of Albania
Municipalities ( sq, or ) are the second-level administrative divisions of Albania, below counties and above administrative units or communes. Since the most recent administrative reforms in 2014, Albania has 61 municipalities. History Municipalities are considered the basic administrative division of Albania. Since its Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, Albania has reorganized internal administration 21 times. From independence until the year 2000, regional government was organized into regions () of varing numbers, size, and importance. They were consolidated into groups comprising 12 counties in 1991. Following the 1998 constitutional reforms, the 36 regions of the time were abolished entirely and replaced by the larger counties and two kinds of municipalities: urban municipalities () and rural ones (). In 2014, this was revised to reduce the number of urban municipalities to 61 and extended their jurisdiction over the surrounding countryside to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fushë-Prezë
Fushë-Prezë is a village in the former municipality of Prezë in Tirana County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Vorë Vorë ( sq-definite, Vora) is a municipality in Tirana County, central Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Bërxullë, Prezë and Vorë, that became municipal units. The seat of th .... References Populated places in Vorë Villages in Tirana County {{Tirana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bërxullë
Bërxull is a village and a former municipality in the Tirana County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Vorë Vorë ( sq-definite, Vora) is a municipality in Tirana County, central Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Bërxullë, Prezë and Vorë, that became municipal units. The seat of th .... The population at the 2011 census was 9,883. References Administrative units of Vorë Former municipalities in Tirana County Villages in Tirana County {{Tirana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prezë
Prezë is a village and a former municipality in the Tirana County, central Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the .... At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Vorë. The population at the 2011 census was 4,727.2011 census results References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breg-Shkozë
Breg-Shkozë is a village in the former municipality of Prezë in Tirana County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Vorë Vorë ( sq-definite, Vora) is a municipality in Tirana County, central Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Bërxullë, Prezë and Vorë, that became municipal units. The seat of th .... References Populated places in Vorë Villages in Tirana County {{Tirana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmetaq
Ahmetaq is a village in the former municipality of Prezë in Tirana County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Vorë Vorë ( sq-definite, Vora) is a municipality in Tirana County, central Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Bërxullë, Prezë and Vorë, that became municipal units. The seat of th .... References Populated places in Vorë Villages in Tirana County {{Tirana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FK Vora
File:VORA FK LOGO.jpg KF Vora is an Albanian football club based in Vorë in the Tirana District. The club was founded in 1989 and they currently participate in the Kategoria e Dytë. Current squad Honours * Kategoria e Dytë: (2) ** 2017–18, 2019–20 * Kategoria e Tretë: (1) **2011–12 References Football clubs in Albania Association football clubs established in 2011 2011 establishments in Albania FK Vora Albanian Third Division clubs Kategoria e Dytë clubs {{Albania-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durrës
Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is located on a flat plain along the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast between the mouths of the Erzen and Ishëm at the southeastern corner of the Adriatic Sea. Durrës' climate is profoundly influenced by a seasonal Mediterranean climate. Durrës was founded by Ancient Greek colonists from Corinth and Corcyra under the name of Epidamnos around the 7th century BC in cooperation with the local Illyrian Taulantii. Also known as Dyrrachium, Durrës essentially developed as it became an integral part of the Roman Empire and its successor the Byzantine Empire. The Via Egnatia, the continuation of the Via Appia, started in the city and led across the interior of the Balkan Peninsula to Constantinople in the east. In the Middle Ages, Durrës was contested between Bulgarian, Venetian and Ottoman dominions. The Ottomans ultimately prevai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Road 2 (Albania)
The Albanian State Road 2 (SH2), ( Albanian: ''Rruga Shteterore 2'') is a dual carriageway in Albania linking the port city of Durrës with the metropolis and the capital Tirana. The road was the first highway to be reconstructed in Albania, following the Fall of Communism in 1991. Route The National Road SH2 begins at the Port of Durrës in Durrës, at the Dajlani Overpass ( Albanian: Ura e Dajlanit), bypasses Shijak, intersects with SH52 in Vorë, bypasses the road to Tirana International Airport, and ends at the Kamza Overpass ( Albanian: Mbikalimi i Kamzës) in the outskirts of Tirana where it meets National Road SH1 heading to northern Albania. Once entering Tirana, the highway becomes the street named ''Rruga 29 Nëntori''. Gallery File:Autobahn-Alb.jpg, The SH2 ''Kamza Overpass'' in the outskirts of Tirana See also * Transport in Albania * Economy of Albania The economy of Albania went through a process of transition from a centralized economy to a mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirana
Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance. Due to its location at the Plain of Tirana and the close proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, the city is particularly influenced by a Mediterranean seasonal climate. It is among the wettest and sunniest cities in Europe, with 2,544 hours of sun per year. Tirana was founded as a city in 1614 by the Ottoman Albanian general Sylejman Pasha Bargjini and flourished by then around the Old Mosque and the ''türbe''. The area that today corresponds to the city's territory has been continuously inhabited since the Iron Age. It was inhabited by Illyrians, and was most likely the core of the Illyrian Kingdom of the Taulantii, which in Classical Antiquity was centred in the hinterland of Epidamnus. Following the Illyrian Wars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
