Patos ( sq-definite, Patosi) is a town and a municipality in the

County of Fier 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 ...

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 was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Patos, Ruzhdie and Zharrëz, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Patos. The total population is 22,959 (2011 census), in a total area of 82.59 km². The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 15,397. It is the center of the oil industry in Albania, and is 7 kilometers southeast from the city of

Fier Fier (; sq-definite, Fieri) is the seventh most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Fier County and Fier Municipality. It is situated on the bank of Gjanica River in the Myzeqe Plain between the Seman in the north, the Vjos ...

History

Patos is a very old city. It was a city for oil in the modern day and during

King of Albania While the medieval Angevin Kingdom of Albania was a monarchy, it did not encompass fully the entirety of the modern state of Albania and was ended soon by the Albanian nobles by 1282 when they understood that the Angevin king was not going to keep ...

era and during the

People's Socialist Republic of Albania The People's Socialist Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë, links=no) was the Marxist–Leninist one party state that existed in Albania from 1946 to 1992 (the official name of the country was the People's R ...

era. The city was also for the works to sleep in and investors. The city is one of the biggest offshore oil field in the

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and in

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. The Patos-Marinza Oil Field was discovered in 1928. It Produces about 11,854 barrels everyday more than other oil fields. It has a reserve of 2 billion barrels. This developed Patos in to an oil hub for Europe and the world.

Economy

The economy of Patos is mainly based on oil companies such as Bankers Petroleum, and

Albpetrol Albpetrol is an Albanian upstream petroleum production and marketing company, which also monitors state petroleum agreements in Albania. Its stock is owned by the Albanian state. The company is headquartered in Patos and has a representative offic ...

. Patos is on the Patos-Marinza Oil Field which one of the biggest offshore oil fields. There has been an estimate of 1.500 million barrels underground and there is a proven reserve of 2 billion barrels of oil. The

Trans Adriatic Pipeline Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) ( sq, Gazsjellësi Trans-Adriatik, el, Διαδριατικός Αγωγός Φυσικού Αερίου - ''Diadriatikós Agogós Fysikoú Aeríou'', it, Gasdotto Trans-Adriatico) is a natural gas pipeline p ...

will cross Patos therefore there will be more business in the area and a higher economy impact. The economy is also heavily based on agriculture with a lot of arable land. The main crops are Olives in the hills and tomatoes, cucumber, and more are produced in Patos. Patos lies in the region of

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 ...

. A region in which there is arable land for crops and this also lies on many other cities such as

Lushnjë Lushnjë (; in Lushnje's own dialect: ''Lushnje'' ; sq-definite, Lushnja) is a city and municipality in west-central Albania. It is located in the County of Fier. The total population is 83,659 (2011 census), in a total area of . History ...

Roskovec Roskovec ( sq-definite, Roskoveci) is a town and a municipality in Fier County, south-central Albania. The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Kuman, Albania, Kuman, Kurjan, Roskove ...

, and many other small villages are in this region. Patos is also home to the headquarters of

Oil Producers in the Region

Taçi Oil Taçi Oil is an Albanian petroleum company and oil distributor in Albania headquartered in Tirana. The company's revenue for 2012 was €350 million. and had over 290 petrol stations through Albania and over 850 employees. In 2009 Taçi Oil purc ...

* Bankers Petroleum *

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Geography

The landscape of Patos is half hills and mountains and plains. The plains are arable land for agriculture and oil fields. The plains are located north from Patos. the hills and mountain ranges have olive oil farms. The hills and mountains are located south from Patos.

Climate

The climate in Patos is very hot in the summer time with hot

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climate and very cold winters.

Subdivisions

Patos, Ruzhdie, Zharrëz

Transportation

Bus

There are buses in the city to take you to other places around

Train

There is no railway going for Patos the nearest train station is

and

Ballsh Ballsh ( sq-definite, Ballshi) is a town and a former municipality in Fier County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Mallakastër. It was the seat of the former District ...

Highways

The only major road that is near Patos is the SH73 on the outskirts of the city. The SH73 starts at

and ends in Poshnje.

Sports

In Patos the main sport is

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

. The cities team is Klubi Sportiv Albpetrol. Its sponsor and owner is

. Its home field is Alush Noga Stadium with capacity of 4,000 spectators. The home field has been renovated in 2013, 2016. The team is in the

Albanian Second Division Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

. Klubi Sportiv Albpetrol had played with

FC Balzers FC Balzers is a Liechtensteiner football team based in Balzers. They currently compete in the Swiss 2nd League inter-regional, the fifth tier of Swiss football. Balzers play at Sportplatz Rheinau which is situated right next to the Rhine nex ...

for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup but suffered a 3-1 loss on away field and a draw at home field.

References

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