Han i Hotit
| Han i Hotit | |||
Coordinates: 42 ° 20 ' N , 19 ° 26' E |
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| Qark : | Shkodra | ||
| Municipality : | Malësia e Madhe | ||
| Height : | 15 m above sea level A. | ||
 Aerial view with the arm of the sea in the foreground, the border crossing on the left and the town on the top left |
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Han i Hotit ( Albanian also Hani i Hotit ) is a small town in northern Albania and a border crossing to Montenegro . The place is located on the long north-eastern arm of Lake Skadar at 15 m above sea level. A. Han i Hotit lies below the village of Hot , which is named after the former northern Albanian tribe of the Hoti . The name referred to the hostel or caravanserai (Han) in the area of the Hoti. Today it is an independent small village and belongs to the municipality of Malësia e Madhe , which is located in Shkodra Qark .
The Han i Hotit border crossing was of great importance for a long time, as it was the only border crossing between Albania and Yugoslavia and later Montenegro for decades . Han i Hotit is located between Tuzi in Montenegro and the Albanian Koplik on the road from Podgorica to Shkodra . On the Albanian side, this is the national road SH1 , which leads from the border to the Albanian capital Tirana . In Montenegro it is continued as Magistralni put M18
Shortly before the border crossing, a road branches off to the northernmost part of Albania, which leads to Vermosh . In summer 2018, a modernized and expanded border facility was inaugurated. A new building for the Albanian border police was put into operation the following year.
The only international connection of the Albanian Railway , the Podgorica – Shkodra line , crosses the border in Han i Hotit . The railway line was opened on August 6, 1986 and runs from Shkodra to Podgorica , the capital of Montenegro. However, there is no passenger traffic. The railroad border stations are located in Bajza to the south or on the Montenegrin side in Tuzi.
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- ↑ a b Cay Lienau: Geographical Basics . In: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hrsg.): Albanien (= Südosteuropa-Handbuch . Volume VII ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-36207-2 , pp. 1 .
- ↑ TV1 Channel: Inaugurohet dogana e Hanit të Hotit on YouTube , accessed on August 5, 2018.
- ↑ Sandër Lleshaj : Inaugurohet godina e re e Policisë Kufitare në Pikën e Kalimit në Hanin e Hotit. In: Ministria e Brendshme. July 12, 2019, Retrieved July 15, 2019 (Albanian).