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Borders of Urban Tirana's 11 Municipal Units. Below are the original 11 municipal units (Albanian: njesi bashkiake) of Tirana that were in effect until 2015.These were joined by 13 more divisions effective June 2015 following the 2015 Administrative-Territorial Division Reform of Albania totaling 24 administrative units for Tirana:
The rapid shift towards consumerism in Albanian society has doubled the amount of waste produced in the last two decades. According to the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the per capita increase in municipal waste in Tirana, especially in the last decade, is comparable to or higher than in other major cities around the world.
Immediately prior to the most recent reforms, the 308 or 309 communes were rural municipalities which served as second-level divisions of the country outside of its cities. They now serve as the level of local government across the country, each under the authority of the nearest urban center and each overseeing any nearby villages.
The present municipality was formed in the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities of Baldushk, Bërzhitë, Dajt, Farkë, Kashar, Krrabë, Ndroq, Petrelë, Pezë, Shëngjergj, Tirana, Vaqarr, Zall-Bastar and Zall-Herr, which became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the city of Tirana. [5]
In 2014, this was revised to reduce the number of urban municipalities to 61 and extended their jurisdiction over the surrounding countryside to create regional administrations, [3] while using the communes—renamed administrative units (njësite administrative)—as a third-level division for local government.
The third level of government is constituted by the 373 administrative units (njësia / njësitë administrative) or units of local administration (njësia / njësite të qeverisjes vendore). Most of these were former rural municipalities or communes (komuna / komunat), which functioned as second-level divisions of the country until 2015.
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The Municipal Council of Tirana (Albanian: Këshilli Bashkiak i Tiranës) is the legislative body of Tirana, Albania. [1] As of 2019 it consists of 61 members who serve a 4-year term. [1] The members of the council are elected in local elections and the last elections were won by the Socialist Party. The member of the council elects the ...