Çorovoda
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Çorovodë Çorovoda |
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Coordinates: 40 ° 30 ' N , 20 ° 14' E |
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| Qark : | Advises | ||
| Municipality : | Skrapar | ||
| Height : | 300 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents : | 4051 (2011) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+355) 312 | ||
| Postal code : | 5401-5402 | ||
 Çorovoda in the hills of Skrapar (2013) |
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Çorovoda ( Albanian also Çorovodë ) is a city in southern Albania with around 4000 inhabitants (2011). It is the capital of the municipality of Skrapar . The name comes from Bulgarian (Черна вода Tscherna Woda) and means black water .
geography
The city is located in the remote mountains of southern Albania in the Osum Valley at the mouth of the Çorovoda River.
Until 2015 Çorovoda formed an independent community ( bashkia ) . Then it was merged with the other parishes in Skrapar County , excluding the city of Poliçan . The following places belong to the community today: Bogova, Çepan, Gjerbës, Leshnja, Potom, Vendresha, Zhepa.
Location and traffic
Çorovoda is away from important traffic routes. The only paved road connects the town with Berat in the north, 50 kilometers away . The dirt road to Përmet is now the only drivable route through the mountains out of the Osum Valley. Some unpaved roads lead from the city to the surrounding villages.
tourism
The close vicinity of the city offers several attractions for active vacationers.
Coming from the southeast, the Osum flows through the Osum Gorge : several canyons , almost 15 kilometers long, with some 100 meter high rock faces, the last of which ends at Çorovoda. The gorges can be traversed with kayaks and inflatable boats .
To the northeast of the city, the Çorovoda River has formed the deep and difficult-to-access Gradec Gorge , which can be seen from some points . The rock walls here are up to 350 meters high.
In the north-western rock face of the Gradec Gorge - just under two kilometers south of the village of Radësh - lies the Pirogoshi Cave . It is inhabited by bats , is rich in stalagmites and stalactites and with a length of 1500 m it is the deepest cave in Albania.
Halfway between the southern end of the Gradec Gorge and the city, the Çorovoda River is spanned by an old Ottoman stone bridge called Ura e Kasabashit . An important trade route used to run over this bridge.
Personalities
- Ilir Meta (* 1969), politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ines Nurja: Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave / Population and Housing Census - Berat 2011 . Results Kryesore / Main Results. Ed .: INSTAT . Pjesa / Part 1. Adel Print, Tirana 2013 ( instat.gov.al [PDF; accessed April 14, 2019]).
- ^ Robert Elsie : Historical Dictionary of Albania , p. 419 Online
- ↑ Volker Grundmann: Albania - The Complete Travel Guide . Unterwegs Verlag, Singen 2011, ISBN 978-3-86112-274-6 .
- ↑ a b c d Meike Gutzweiler: Travel Know-How Albania . Peter Rump, Bielefeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-8317-2194-8 .
- ↑ Jeta Katro, Liri Shimani: Prostitution and trafficking of women in Albania . Ed .: Women in Development Association. Lilo, Tirana 2000, ISBN 978-99927-35-24-4 , pp. 15 ( excerpt from Google Books ).
- ↑ Osum Canyon. In: OpenStreetMap . Retrieved August 20, 2013 .
- ^ Albanian Nature & Activities. (PDF) In: Agjencia Kombëtare e Turizmi. P. 31 , accessed on December 29, 2015 (English).