Elbasan Qark
Qark : | Elbasan |
Seat: | Elbasan |
Former circles : | Elbasan , Gramsh , Librazhd and Peqin |
Surface: | 3199 km² |
Residents: | 295,827 as of 2011 |
Population density: |
107.24 inhabitants / km² |
Chairman: | Bukurosh Stafa ( PS ) |
Qark Council: | 32 members |
Members of Parliament : | 14th |
ISO-3166-2 code: |
AL-03
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The Qark Elbasan ( Albanian Qarku i Elbasanit ) is one of the twelve Qarks in Albania . It is located in central and eastern Albania and has an area of 3199 square kilometers. The capital is Elbasan .
geography
Elbasan Qark consists of the municipalities of Elbasan, Belsh , Cërrik , Gramsh , Librazhd and Përrenjas and Peqin . The industrial city of Elbasan forms the historical and economic center of Central Albania. In the east, Elbasan Qark borders on North Macedonia . The whole eastern and northern area is characterized by the Shkumbin valley , while the areas in the south and southwest belong to the catchment area of Devoll and Seman . The eastern area is mountainous, but also along the rest of the northern and southern borders there is poorly developed hill country.
To the south-east is the Qark Korça , southwest of the Qark Berat , northwest of the Qark Tirana and northeast of the Qark Dibra .
population
The 2011 census put the Qark at a population of 295,827, which corresponds to a population decline of almost 20% in ten years.
A majority of around 64.41 percent of the population are Muslims , plus 0.51 percent are Bektashites . 5.17 percent are Orthodox Christians. 1.03 percent are Catholic . 0.05 percent are Protestant and 0.03 percent are other Christians. 10.2 percent are non-denominational believers and 3.27 percent are atheists . 13.29 percent gave no information in the 2011 census.
Politics and administration
The Qark Council (alb. Këshilli i Qarkut ) consists of 50 members. The Qark Elbasan has 14 members out of a total of 140 for the legislative periods of the Albanian parliament beginning in 2009 and 2013 .
Until 2015, the Qark was divided into the districts of Gramsh , Elbasan , Librazhd and Peqin with a total of 51 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 Bukurosh Stafa ( PS ) since 2015 .
Chair | Political party |
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Bukurosh Stafa , chairman | PS |
Elena Xhina , vice chairwoman | LSI |
Qazim Sejdini | PS |
Castriot Gurra | PS |
Miranda Rira | LSI |
Sajmir Hasalla | PDIU |
Luljeta Dollani | PS |
Altin Toska | LSI |
Arif Tafani | PS |
legislative branch
The Qark Council ( Albanian Këshilli i Qarkut ) has been composed as follows since 2015:
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Judiciary
Elbasan is the seat of a district court (alb. Gjykata e Rrethit Gjyqësor). The public prosecutor's office is also located there.
Administrative division
local community | Population (2011) | Old churches | circle |
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Belsh | 19,503 | Belsh, Fierza, Grekan, Kajan, Rrasa | Elbasan |
Cërrik | 27,445 | Cërrik, Gostima, Klos, Mollas, Shalës | Elbasan |
Elbasan | 141.714 | Bradashesh , Elbasan, Funar, Gjergjan, Gjinar, Gracen, Fushë-Labinot, Mal-Labinot, Papër, Shirgjan, Shushica, Tregan, Zavalina | Elbasan |
Gramsh | 24,231 | Gramsh, Kodovjat, Kukur, Kushova, Lenias, Pishaj, Poroçan, Skënderbegas, Sult, Tunja | Gramsh |
Librazhd | 31,892 | Hotolisht, Librazhd, Lunik, Orenja, Polis, Qendër-Librazhd, Stëbleva | Librazhd |
Peqin | 26,136 | Gjoçaj, Karina, Pajova, Peqin, Përparim, Sheza | Peqin |
Përrenjas | 24,906 | Përrenjas, Qukës , Rrajca, Stravaj | Librazhd |
circle | Capital | surface | Population (2011) |
Population (2001) |
Number of municipalities |
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Elbasan | Elbasan | 1,290 km² | 188,662 | 224.974 | 24 |
Gramsh | Gramsh | 695 km² | 24,231 | 35,723 | 10 |
Librazhd | Librazhd | 1,102 km² | 56,798 | 72,520 | 11 |
Peqin | Peqin | 191 km² | 26,136 | 32,920 | 6th |
Web links
- Official website (Albanian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Ines Nurja: Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave / Population and Housing Census - Elbasan 2011 . Results Kryesore / Main Results. Ed .: INSTAT . Pjesa / Part 1. Adel Print, Tirana 2013 ( document [PDF; accessed on May 25, 2015]). Document as PDF ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 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]).
- ↑ PËRBËRJA E KRYESISË SË KËSHILLIT TË QARKUT SHKODËR. (PDF) Qark Council, accessed on September 4, 2016 .
- ^ Albania Districts. In: Statoids. Retrieved October 30, 2011 .
Coordinates: 41 ° 6 ' N , 20 ° 8' E