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A satellite view of the Mat valley in the winter. The mountains surrounding it are capped in snow, while the Mat river is visible, as well as Lake Ulëz and Shkopet in the north. Mat (Albanian definite form: Mati) is a region in north-central Albania, referring to the valley of the Mat river and its surrounding mountains.
Mat (Albanian definite form: Mati, Latin: Mathis) is a municipality in Dibër County, northern Albania. It was created in 2015 by the merge of the former municipalities Baz, Burrel, Derjan, Komsi, Lis, Macukull, Rukaj and Ulëz. The seat of the municipality is the town Burrel. [1]
Mat District (Albanian: Rrethi i Matit) was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 newly created counties. It had a population of 61,906 in 2001, and an area of 1,028 km 2 (397 sq mi). [1] It was named after the river Mat, which flows through the district.
Hydrographic map of Albania. The Mat originates from the confluence of several streams within the karstic mountains in Martanesh, where it forms deep gorges and canyons. [7] Rising in Martanesh, the Mat heads westwards to the town of Klos and then northwest by the town of Burrel. About 10 km (6 mi) downstream from Burrel, it flows into lake Ulëz.
Burrel (alternate forms Burrel, Mat) is a town in northern Albania, 91 km from Tirana. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Mat. [2] It was the seat of the former District of Mat. The population as of the 2023 census is 7,928. [1]
Lake Ulza Nature Park (Albanian: Parku Natyror Liqeni i Ulzës) is a regional nature park located in Mat, Albania. [1] It covers a surface area of 4206 hectares and is located near the town of Burrel in the central part of the country. [2]
In Kosovo, a state-owned energy company plans to destroy a village to make way for expanded coal mining as the government and the World Bank plan for a proposed coal-burning power plant. The government has already forced roughly 1,000 residents from their homes. Many former residents claim officials violated World Bank policy requiring borrowers to restore their living conditions at equal or ...
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.