Sukth is a village and a former municipality in the
Durrës County
Durrës County ( sq, Qarku i Durrësit), officially the County of Durrës ( sq, Qarku i Durrësit, italic=unset), is a county in the Northern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the smallest by area and the second most populous of the twel ...
, western
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
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 population at the 2011 census was 15,966.
[2011 census results]
The village is divided by the
Erzen
The Erzen ( sq-definite, Erzeni) is a river in central Albania. The length of Erzen is , while the catchment area is including the southern Tirana District and eastern Durrës District.
Name
The ancient Illyrian name of the river was ''Ardaxa ...
river is into two districts, namely in ''Sukth i Ri'' and ''Sukth i vjeter''. Sukth is located about three kilometres north of the historic market town of Shijak. The Adriatic Sea is only seven kilometres away.
Sukth municipality consisted of Sukth, Hamallaj, Kulla, Perlat, Vadardha and Rrushkull villages. The last mayor was Sherif Fortuzi.
Sport
FK Sukthi
Futboll Klubi Sukthi, commonly referred to as FK Sukthi are an Albanian football club founded on 10 July 2009 and based in Sukth (Durres District). Together with Teuta Durrës & KF Erzeni Shijak are three football teams from Durrës. The club's ...
Notable people
Below are notable personalities born in Sukth or that spent most of their lives in Sukth:
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Noizy
Rigels Rajku (; born 27 September 1986), known professionally as Noizy, is an Albanian rapper.
Life and career
1986–2010: Early life and career beginnings
Rigels Rajku was born on 27 September 1986 into a multi-religious Albanian family ...
, singer, rapper
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Renato Arapi
Renato Arapi (born 28 August 1986) is an Albanian professional football coach, former left-back and centre-back.
Club career
Early career
Arapi first joined local club Teuta Durrës in 1993 as a young child, where he would remain for 9 years, ...
, football player
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Elidion Mara
Elidion Bujar Mara (born 27 June 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Albanian club KF Erzeni.
Club career
Early career
Mara started his youth career at age of 14 with Durrësi 04 under-19, a local youth club ...
, football player
References
Administrative units of Durrës
Former municipalities in Durrës County
Towns in Albania
Populated places disestablished in 2015
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