Dibër (; sq-definite, Dibra) 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 ...
in
Dibër County
Dibër County (; sq, Qarku i Dibrës) is one of the 12 counties of the Republic of Albania, spanning a surface area of with the capital in Peshkopi. The county borders on the counties of Durrës, Elbasan, Kukës, Lezhë, Tirana and the countr ...
, northeastern
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
Arras
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,
Fushë-Çidhën,
Kala e Dodës
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Religion Hinduism
*Kāla, a Sanskrit word meaning ''time''
*Kāla, a Hindu deity of time, destiny, death and destruction closely related to Yama and Shiva.
*Kalā, a Sanskrit word meaning ''performing arts''
* Kala Bo, ...
,
Kastriot,
Lurë,
Luzni,
Maqellarë
Maqellarë ( mk, Макелари/''Makelari'' or Макеларе/''Makelare'') is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dib ...
,
Melan
Melan is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dibër, Albania, Dibër. The population at the 2011 census was 3,649. ,
Muhurr
Muhurr is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dibër. The population at the 2011 census was 2,780. ,
Selishtë
Selishtë is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northeastern Albania
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,
Sllovë
Sllovë is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northeastern Albania
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,
Tomin,
Zall-Dardhë
Zall-Dardhë is a village and a former municipality in the Dibër County, northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dibër. The population at the 2011 census was 1,051.
Demographic histo ...
,
Zall-Reç
Zall-Reç is a former municipality in the Dibër County, northeastern Albania, made up of seven villages : Kraj-Rec, Zall-Rec, Draj-Rec, Bardhaj Rec, Hurdhe-Rec, Gure-Rec and Ndershen. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of ...
with Peshkopi constituting its seat.
As of the
Institute of Statistics estimate from the 2011 census, there were 61,619 inhabitants in Dibër Municipality.
The area of the municipality is .
Geography
Dibër Municipality is located on the bank of
Black Drin
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in northeastern Albania adjacent to the border with
North Macedonia
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.
The
Korab Mountain is the highest mountain in Albania and forms alongside the Deshat Mountain the eastern of border of Dibër Municipality.
sprawls in the remote mountainous west of the area with
Korab-Koritnik Nature Park
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extending in the east.
Demography
Despite the municipality's proximity to North Macedonia, Dibër's ethnic make-up is relatively homogeneous, but there is a small
Macedonian minority living in the villages around Maqellarë. Unlike the Macedonians who live around
Lake Prespa
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, Macedonians in Dibër have no linguistic rights and no autonomous subdivisions. There has been an active campaign to change this situation for almost ten years.
Almost 90 percent of the population are
Muslim
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, while the Macedonian minority is
Orthodox
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Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...
. The
Khalwati order
The Khalwati order (also known as Khalwatiyya, Khalwatiya, or Halveti, as it is known in Turkey) is an Islamic Sufi brotherhood (''tariqa''). Along with the Naqshbandi, Qadiri, and Shadhili orders, it is among the most famous Sufi orders. The o ...
has a
khanqah
A khanqah ( fa, خانقاه) or khangah ( fa, خانگاه; also transliterated as ''khankah'', ''khaneqa'', ''khanegah'' or ''khaneqah''; also Arabized ''hanegah'', ''hanikah'', ''hanekah'', ''khankan''), also known as a ribat (), is a buildin ...
in the village of
Herbel
Herbel ( ar, حربل, also spelled Herbil and Harbul) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. With a population of 3,403 as per the 2004 census. Administratively, it is part of the Nahiya Mare' in A'zaz District. Nearb ...
, while
Allajbegi's Mosque in Maqellarë is a recognised cultural monument.
Albanians and Macedonians in the area often have relatives in North Macedonia, so there is a lot of interaction across the national border. Like all the rural municipalities of Albania, Dibër is heavily effected by emigration.
See also
*
List of mayors of Dibër
Notes
References
External links
dibra.gov.al– Official Website
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Gegëri
Municipalities in Dibër County