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Elbasan County

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Country
  
Albania

Established
  
2000

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
3,199 km²

Municipalities
  
7

Villages
  
385

County Seat
  
Elbasan

NUTS Code
  
AL021

Population
  
298,913 (2016)

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University
  
Aleksandër Xhuvani University

Points of interest
  
Elbasan Castle, Peqin Castle, Sotira Waterfall, Shebenik, Jablanica

Clubs and Teams
  
Sopoti Librazhd, KF Elbasani, Shkumbini Peqin

Elbasan County (Albanian: Qarku i Elbasanit) is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population at the 2011 census was 295,827, in an area of 3199 km². Its capital is the city Elbasan.

Contents

Map of Elbasan County, Albania

Administrative divisions

Until 2000, Elbasan County was subdivided into four districts: Elbasan, Gramsh, Librazhd, and Peqin. Since the 2015 local government reform, the county consists of the following 7 municipalities: Belsh, Cërrik, Elbasan, Gramsh, Librazhd, Peqin and Prrenjas. Before 2015, it consisted of the following 50 municipalities:

The municipalities consist of about 385 towns and villages in total. See Villages of Elbasan County for a structured list.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2011 this county has 295,827 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the county include:

  • Albanians = 253,170 (85.58%)
  • Greeks = 180 (0.06%)
  • Macedonians = 94 (0.03%)
  • Montenegrins = 10 (0.00%)
  • Aromanians = 747 (0.25%)
  • Romani = 1,064 (0.36%)
  • Egyptians = 433 (0.15%)
  • Turkish = 300 (0.13%)
  • others = 149 (0.05%)
  • no answer = 39,980 (13.51%)

    • References

    Elbasan County Wikipedia
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