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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.
Albania has adjusted its internal organization 21 times since its Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912. 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 ...
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 ]
They are run by a mayor (kryebashkiak / kryebashkiaku) and a municipal council (këshill / këshilli bashkiak), elected every 4 years. Before 2015, a bashki was an urban municipality and only covered the jurisdiction of such cities. After 2015, the jurisdiction of the bashki was expanded to cover the nearby rural municipalities. [5] [6]
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.
Pages in category "Municipalities of Albania" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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:
Category: Municipalities by county in Albania. ... Municipalities in Vlorë County (8 C, 7 P) This page was last edited on 29 August 2022, at 07:58 (UTC). ...