Puka district

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Circle : Puka
Main place: Puka
Qark : Qark Shkodra
Surface: 1034 km²
Residents: 18474   Status: 2011
Population
density: 		17.87 inhabitants / km²
ISO-3166-2 code: AL-PU
License plate : PU

The Puka district ( Albanian : Rrethi i Pukës ) was one of the 36 administrative districts in Albania that were abolished in the summer of 2015 following an administrative reform. The district with an area of ​​1034 square kilometers belonged to Shkodra Qark . It had 18,474 inhabitants (2011 census). Local authorities, on the other hand, give a number of around 34,000 inhabitants. The district was named after the main town Puka .

geography

Koman reservoir and mountains in the Berisha area on the northern border of the district

The Puka district comprised a region in the north of Albania in the mountains. The highest point reaches almost 2000 meters. The landscape is very rugged. Winter brings a lot of snow with it, some of which blocks important roads and often cuts off remote villages from the outside world for a long time.

In the north are the two reservoirs Vau-Deja-See and Koman-See . They dam the Drin , Albania's longest river.

population

The population is rural. Not even the main town of Puka has 5000 inhabitants. Like all Albanian mountain regions, Puka is also very poor. The only major economic importance is the wood industry . There is also mining, which was practically suspended in between. Unemployment is above average in a national comparison. Many people migrate to the urban centers of Albania, so that the population is falling sharply. Most of the residents are Catholics . Only a third are Muslim .

traffic

Bridge over the Gomsiqa west of Puka

The area is connected to the west and south by old main routes , the SH5 and the SH30 , with central Albania. They continue east over the Qafa e Malit to Kukës and Kosovo and north to Tropoja . In the past, these roads from Shkodra and from the Mirdita were the only connections to northeast Albania and the Kosovar border. Today, through traffic to Kukës bypasses the region to the southeast on the new Milot-Kukës motorway .

Communities

The area of ​​the former district is now part of the municipalities ( Bashkia ) Puka and Fushë-Arrëz .

Former parishes
Surname Population (2011) Community type Heard today
Puka 000000000003607.00000000003,607 Bashkia  Puka
Fushë-Arrëz 000000000002513.00000000002,513 Bashkia Fushë-Arrëz
Blerim 000000000000913.0000000000913 Komuna Fushë-Arrëz
Fierza 000000000001302.00000000001,302 Komuna Fushë-Arrëz
Gjegjan 000000000002846.00000000002,846 Komuna Puka
Iballa 000000000001129.00000000001,129 Komuna Fushë-Arrëz
Qafë Mal 000000000001548.00000000001,548 Komuna Fushë-Arrëz
Qelëz 000000000001761.00000000001,761 Komuna Puka
Qerret 000000000001498.00000000001,498 Komuna Puka
Rrapa 000000000001357.00000000001,357 Komuna Puka

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ines Nurja: Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave / Population and Housing Census - Shkodër 2011 . Results Kryesore / Main Results. Ed .: INSTAT . Pjesa / Part 1. Adel Print, Tirana 2013 ( instat.gov.al [PDF; accessed April 14, 2019]).
  2. ↑ qarkushkoder.org. Retrieved January 13, 2009 .