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Counties (Albanian: qarqe or qarqet), also sometimes known as prefectures (prefekturë), are the first-level administrative subdivisions of Albania, replacing the earlier districts. Since 2000, there have been 12 counties. Since 2015, they have been divided into 61 municipalities, 373 communes, and 2,972 villages.
Administrative divisions of Occupied Albania in 1943. Under King Zog, Albania reformed its internal administration under the "Municipal Organic Law" of 1921 and the "Civil Code" of February 1928. The primary division was into 10 prefectures, each led by a prefect. The secondary division was into subprefectures, of which there were 39 in 1927 ...
Districts of Albania from 1959–1991. Districts of Albania from 1991–2000. Districts (Albanian: rreth or rrethet) were first and second-level administrative divisions of Albania from 1913–2000. Their number, size, and status changed over time. From 1991 to 2000, the 36 districts were organized into 12 counties.
ISO 3166-2:AL is the entry for Albania in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Currently for Albania, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 12 ...
31 states (estados) 2,458 municipalities (municipios) A few municipalities are further divided into boroughs, some incompletely. 1 autonomous city, Mexico City (Ciudad de México) 16 boroughs (demarcaciones territoriales) Federated States of Micronesia: Federal 4 states: 70+ municipalities: Moldova: Regional 32 districts or raions (Romanian ...
Communes (Albanian: komuna or komunat), officially known as administrative units (njësite administrative) or units of local administration, government, or governance (njësite të qeverisjes vendore) since 2015, are the 373 third-level administrative divisions of Albania which serve as its local government.
Coastal Albania – the long narrow strip between about 10 and 30 km wide along the whole Albanian coast, bordering both the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea. Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast; Albanian Ionian Sea Coast. Albanian Riviera; North-eastern Albania – the inland region to the north of the Shkumbin River, bordering Kosovo, Montenegro, and ...
Tirana County is the most populous and densely populated county of the Republic of Albania, with an increasing number of population. [12] [13] Its center of population is located across the Plain of Tirana, in the metropolitan area of Tirana. The population as of the 2023 census is 758,513, constituting 31.6% of Albania's population. [3]