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This is a list of cities and towns in Albania categorised by municipality, county and population, according to the criteria used by the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). As of 2014, there were 74 cities classified as urban areas and 2,972 villages as rural areas in Albania. [ 1 ]
Largest cities and towns in Albania. According to the 2011 census conducted by Instituti i Statistikave (INSTAT) [a] Rank Name County Pop. Rank Name County Pop. Tirana
The area of the capital Tirana, is one of largest cities in the Balkan Peninsula and ranks 7th with a population about 800,000. [23] The second largest is the port city of Durrës, with a population of 201.110, followed by Vlorë, the largest city in southern Albania, with 141.513 inhabitants. The Institute of Statistics forecast that the ...
Tirana [b] (/ t ɪ ˈ r ɑː n ə / ⓘ tih-RAH-nə, [11] [12] Albanian pronunciation:; Gheg Albanian: Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania.It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance.
Municipalities are considered the basic administrative division of Albania. [1] Since its Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, Albania has reorganized internal administration 21 times. From independence until the year 2000, regional government was organized into regions (rrethë) of varying numbers, size, and importance.
Larger cities were further divided into neighborhoods or wards (lagje / lagjet). In 1967, the localities were replaced by "unified villages" ( fshatra / fshatrat i bashkuar ). By 1968, the 26 districts were divided into 65 cities or urban municipalities (divided into 178 neighborhoods) and 437 unified villages or rural municipalities (divided ...
There are 15 cities in Albania. Cities are not an official subdivision of the country. For the official subdivision, see Category:Municipalities of Albania.
List of largest cities by area Notes ^ For urban/metropolitan areas that have more than one core city , the figure for their city proper should use either the most populous one (e.g. Dallas for Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex ) or the best-known one (e.g. Manila for Metro Manila , instead of Quezon City ).