Laprakë is a neighbourhood of

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, located west of the main centre. It is mainly a residential district, but also contains the

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, the

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building, the

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building and several other high-rise buildings, a football pitch, and a petrol station. South of Laprakë lies the Lapraka Airfield. A street there is named after

Androniqi Zengo Antoniu Androniqi Zengo Antoniu (26 May 1913 – 10 February 2000) was an Albanian painter. She is considered to the first professional woman painter from Albania, along with her sister Sofia Zengo Papadhimitri, and with Vangjush Mijo is credited with ...

, Albania's first woman professional artist.

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