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Divjakë (; sq-definite, Divjaka) is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
and
town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Fier County Fier County (; sq, Qarku Fier, italic=unset), officially the County of Fier ( sq, Qarku i Fierit, italic=unset), is a county in the Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the eighth largest by area and the third most populous of the ...
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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 ...
. The municipality consists of the administrative units of
Grabian Grabian is a village and a former municipality in the Fier County, western Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Divjakë Divjakë (; sq-definite, Divjaka) is a municipality and town in Fier Co ...
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Gradishtë Gradishtë is a municipality in the Fier County, western Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Divjakë. The population at the 2011 census was 7,521. The municipal unit comprises the following loc ...
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Remas Remas is a village and a former municipality in Fier County, western Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it to became a subdivision of the municipality Divjakë Divjakë (; sq-definite, Divjaka) is a municipality and town in Fier Count ...
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Tërbuf Tërbuf is a village and a former municipality in Fier County, western Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Divjakë Divjakë (; sq-definite, Divjaka) is a municipality and town in Fier Count ...
with Divjakë constituting its seat. As of the Institute of Statistics estimate from the 2011 census, there were 8,445 people residing in Divjakë and 34,254 in Divjakë Municipality.


Geography

Divjakë is located near the
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 ...
coast, in the
Myzeqe The Myzeqe (; sq-definite, Myzeqeja; rup, Muzachia) is a plain in the Western Lowlands of Albania. The Myzeqe is the largest and widest plain, measured by area, in the Lowlands. Location The Myzeqe plain is a large alluvial plain traversed by t ...
plain. The area of the municipality is 309.58 km2.


Demography

According to the 2011 Albanian census, Divjakë was inhabited by an ethnic Albanian majority of 84.16%.
Aromanians The Aromanians ( rup, Armãnji, Rrãmãnji) are an Ethnic groups in Europe, ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian language, Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Alba ...
form the second largest ethnic community, with 2.12% declaring themselves Vlach, that is, Aromanian. Divjake is a considerable center of the Aromanian community within that region. The remaining 13.76% did not declare themselves an ethnicity due to irregularities of the Albanian census taking.


References


External links


bashkiadivjake.gov.al
– Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Divjake Administrative units of Divjakë Municipalities in Fier County Towns in Albania Aromanian settlements in Albania