Sukth is a village( commune) and a former municipality in the Durrës County, western

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality

Durrës Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the List of cities and towns in Albania#List, second most populous city of the Albania, Republic of Albania and county seat, seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest ...

. The population at the 2011 census was 15,966. The village is divided by the

Erzen The Erzen ( sq-definite, Erzeni) is a river in central Albania. The long Erzen has a catchment area, including the southern Tirana District and eastern Durrës District. Name The ancient Illyrian name of the river was ''Ardaxanos'', which ...

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

The local

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club is FK Sukthi.

Notable people

Below are notable personalities born in Sukth or that spent most of their lives in Sukth: * Noizy, singer, rapper *

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, football player

References

Administrative units of Durrës Former municipalities in Durrës County Towns in Albania Populated places disestablished in 2015 {{Durrës-geo-stub