Parish Mat

Mat Mati ( Designation in an indefinite and definite form )
Coordinates: 41 ° 37 '  N , 20 ° 1'  E
Basic data
Qark :	Dibra
Municipality :	Mat
Area :	493.50 km²
Bashkia residents :	27,600 (2011)
Population density (Bashkia):	56 inhabitants / km²
Telephone code :	(+355) 0217
Postal code :	8001
Politics and administration (as of 2019 )
Mayor :	Agron Malaj ( PS )
Website :	www.bashkiamat.gov.al
Location of the municipality of Mat

The municipality of Mat ( Albanian  Bashkia e Matit ) is one of the 61 municipalities ( bashkia ) in Albania . The community in Qark Dibra is located in the north-east of the country around the main town Burrel (around 10,000 inhabitants; 2011). The community has 27,600 inhabitants (2011).

The Ulza Reservoir in the northern Mat Valley

The municipality is located on the middle reaches of the Mat River . It includes the northern part of the Mat landscape and the former Mat district - the southern part belongs to the municipality of Klos . Most of it is remote mountain and hill country, which is only accessible by the Rruga shtetërore SH6 , which connects Milot  on the coast with Peshkopia .

The landscape is bordered by mountain ranges in the west and east. The Mat River is dammed into the larger Ulza Lake and the smaller Shkopet Lake in the municipality . The small, undeveloped Zall Gjoçaj National Park is located within the municipality .

Former parishes

In summer 2015, the following eight municipalities were merged to form the municipality of Mat :

Surname	Residents	Community type
Burrel	10,862	Bashkia
Baz	2,228	Komuna
Derjan	1.102	Komuna
Komës	4,283	Komuna
Lis	3,824	Komuna
Macukull	1,565	Komuna
Rukaj	2,507	Komuna
Ulza	1,229	Komuna

Web links

• Bashkia Mat website (Albanian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ines Nurja: Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave / Population and Housing Census - Dibër 2011 . Results Kryesore / Main Results. Ed .: INSTAT . Pjesa / Part 1. Adel Print, Tirana 2013 ( instat.gov.al [PDF; accessed April 14, 2019]).