Qark Dibra

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Qark : Dibra
Seat: Peshkopia
Former circles : Bulqiza , Dibra and Mat
Surface: 2586 km²
Residents: 137,074   Status: 2011
Population
density: 		53 inhabitants / km²
Chairman: Hajri Laçi ( LSI )
Qark Council: 17 members
Members of Parliament : 6th
ISO-3166-2 code: AL-09
Typical architecture in the north-east Banan mountains

The Qark Dibra ( Albanian  Qarku i Dibrës ) is one of the twelve Qarks in Albania . It is located in Eastern Albania and has an area of ​​2586 square kilometers. The capital is Peshkopia , where the council and the prefect are also based.

geography

Grama lake
At 2,764 meters above sea level, the Korab is the highest mountain in Albania.

The Qark Dibra consists of the four communities ( bashkia ) Bulqiza , Dibra , Klos and Mat . In the east it borders on North Macedonia . In the south, Qark Dibra shares a border with Qark Elbasan . Clockwise the Qarks Tirana and Durrës follow in the southwest , Qark Lezha in the northwest and Qark Kukës in the north .

The region includes part of the historical Dibra region , the Dibra e Vogël , as well as the Mat region. The whole area is mountainous. Several mountain ranges run in a north-south direction: In the east on the border with North Macedonia the Korab massif with the Maja e Korabit , at 2764  m above sea level. A. the highest mountain in Albania. In the center rise the mountain ranges of Mali i Dejës and the Lura Mountains , which are protected in the northern part as the Lura National Park and in the southern part as the Zall Gjoçaj National Park . The Skanderbeg Mountains stretch out on the western border . Here, not far from Kruja, is the Qafë Shtama National Park . Significant rivers are in the east of the Drin and in the west of the Mat region , connected by the valley of the Zall i Bulqizës, which runs across the mountain ranges .

The Shkopet and Ulza reservoirs are located in the northwesternmost tip of the area . The region, but especially the central part, is rich in chromium , which is particularly uncovered in Bulqiza .

population

The statistical office of Albania's Instituti i Statistikës recorded a population of 137,074 inhabitants in the 2011 census, which corresponds to a decrease of almost 30% in ten years.

The religion with the most followers is Sunni Islam (81.4%). There is also a large minority of Bektashi (3.84%). Macedonians who are mostly Orthodox live on the eastern border .

Politics and administration

The Qark Council (alb. Këshilli i Qarkut ) based in Peshkopia has 17 members.

For the legislative periods of the Albanian parliament beginning in 2009 and 2013 , the Qark has six members out of a total of 140.

Until 2015 the Qark Dibra consisted of the three districts Bulqiza , Dibra and Mat , whose 35 parishes were merged into the new four parishes. The administrative level of the districts was dissolved.

executive

The chairman of the Qark council takes on the executive functions together with the chair and is elected by the Qark council every four years. The chairman of the Qark Council has been Hajri Laçi ( LSI ) since 2015 .

legislative branch

The Qark Council ( Albanian  Këshilli i Qarkut ) has been composed as follows since 2015:

Political party coalition Number of council seats
Socialist movement for integration ASHE 5
Democratic Party of Albania APPD 4th
Socialist Party of Albania ASHE 4th
Party for Justice, Integration and Unity ASHE 2
New democratic wind ASHE 1
G 99 ASHE 1
13
4th
13 4th 
A total of 17 seats

Judiciary

Shkodra is the seat of a district court (alb. Gjykata e Rrethit Gjyqësor). The public prosecutor's office is also located there.

Administrative division

Overview municipalities (since 2015)
local community Population (2011) Old churches circle
Bulqiza 31.210 Bulqiza, Fushë Bulqiza, Gjorica, Martanesh , Ostren, Shupenza, Trebisht, Zerqan Bulqiza
Dibra 61,619 Arras, Bogova, Fushë-Çidhën, Kala e Dodës, Kastriot, Lura , Luzni, Maqellara , Melan, Muhurr, Peshkopia , Qendër Tomin, Selishta, Sllova, Zall Dardha, Zall Reç Dibra
Toilets 16,618 Gurra, Klos, Suç, Xibra Mat
Mat 27,600 Baz, Burrel , Derjan, Komës, Lis, Macukull, Rukaj, Ulza Mat
Former circles
circle Capital surface Population
(2011)		 Population
(2001)		 Number of
municipalities
Bulqiza Bulqiza 000000000000718.0000000000718 km² 000000000031210.000000000031.210 000000000042985.000000000042,985 000000000000008.00000000008th
Dibra Peshkopia 000000000000761.0000000000761 km² 000000000061619.000000000061,619 000000000086144.000000000086,144 000000000000015.000000000015th
Mat Burrel 000000000001028.00000000001,028 km² 000000000044218.000000000044,218 000000000061906.000000000061.906 000000000000012.000000000012

Web links

Commons : Qark Dibra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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]).
  2. ↑ INSTAT (Ed.): Population and Housing Census in Albania 2011: Preliminary Results . Tirana December 2011 ( online version [PDF; 5.8 MB ; accessed on January 3, 2020]).
  3. ^ Albania Districts. In: Statoids. Retrieved October 30, 2011 .


Coordinates: 41 ° 42 '  N , 20 ° 22'  E