Bushat is a village and a former municipality in the

Shkodër County Shkodër County ( sq, Qarku i Shkodrës) is a county in northwestern Albania, with the capital in Shkodër. The county spans and had a total population of 197,177 people as of 2021. The county borders on the counties of Lezhë, Kukës and the cou ...

, northwestern

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 and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality

Vau i Dejës Vau i Dejës (), English: Deja's Ford, is a town and a municipality in Shkodër County, northwestern Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Bushat, Hajmel, Shllak, Temal, Vau i Dejës, ...

. The population at the 2011 census was 14,149.

Name

Its name contains the Albanian siffix -at, widely used to form toponyms from personal names and surnames.

Geography

Bushat is located in

Zadrima Zadrima is an ethnographic region situated in north-western Albania between the cities of Shkodra and Lezha, located left of the Lower Drin which eventually drains into the Adriatic Sea from near Lezha. Geography The Zadrima Plain includes vi ...

, a fertile plain between

Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to t ...

Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra) is the fifth-most-populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. The city sprawls across the Plain of Mbishkodra between the southern part of Lake Shkod ...

and

Mirditë Mirditë ( sq-definite, Mirdita) is a municipality in Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. It was created in 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Fan, Kaçinar, Kthellë, Orosh, Rrëshen, Rubik and Selitë. The seat of the municipa ...

, through which

Drin river The Drin (; sq, Drin or ; mk, Дрим, Drim ) is a river in Southern and Southeastern Europe with two distributaries one discharging into the Adriatic Sea and the other one into the Buna River. Its catchment area extends across Albania, K ...

. Just east of the village Drin finds its way between two hills. The village lies at the eastern foot of Zefjana (249 m above sea level), the higher of these two hills. The archaeological site of an ancient Illyrian city is found on the Zadrima plain, just north of the present-day village of Bushat.

Population

The Municipality of Bushat has a population of 14,149 (2011 census). An average household consists of four members. 20.37 percent of the population is under 14 years old, 65.48 percent between 15 and 64 years old and 14.15 percent older than 65 years. The proportion of women in the population is slightly higher than that of men. The population at the 2011 census was 14,149. The population of area is known for its traditions and culture.

References

External links

Official Website

Website
Administrative units of Vau i Dejës Former municipalities in Shkodër County Villages in Shkodër County {{Shkodër-geo-stub