Dimal (, before April 2021: ''Ura Vajgurore'') is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Berat County Berat County (; ), officially the County of Berat (), is a Counties of Albania, county in the Southern Albania, Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the ninth largest by area and the List of counties of Albania by population, ninth m ...

, central Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities

Cukalat Cukalat is a village and a former municipality in Berat County, central Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Dimal. The population at the 2011 census was 3,045. Localities * Donofrosë * Sla ...

, Kutalli, Poshnjë and

Dimal Dimal may refer to * Dimal (municipality), in Berat County, central Albania * Dimal (rapper), from Ukraine {{disamb, geo ...

, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Ura Vajgurore. The total population is 27,295 (2011 census), in a total area of 156.65 km². The municipality is named after the ancient Illyrian city of

Dimale Dimale or Dimallum ( Illyrian: Διμάλη /Dimálē; Ancient Greek: Διμάλη or Διμάλλον; Latin: ''Dimallum'') was a town in southern Illyria in classical antiquity which was situated in the vicinity or within the territory of the ...

, a toponym which means "two mountains" in

Albanian 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 ...

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