The District of Korçë (Albanian: Rrethi i Korçës), is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania. According to the latest census of 1989, 215,221 people lived in the Korce District. Korce district is considered one of two main minority regions of the country's south[1].
Geography
It has an area of 2,180 km², being the second-largest district in Albania.
It lies in the southeastern part of Albania in Korçë County, from lat. 40°27'N to lat. 40°57'N and from long. 21°4'E to 20°19'E, and its capital is Korçë.
It is bordered by Pogradec District and the Republic of Macedonia to the north, by Greece with the Greek prefecture of Florina (Greek Macedonia) to the east, Devoll District to the southeast, by Kolonjë District and Përmet District to the southwest, and by Gramsh District and Skrapar District on the west.
The district consists of the following municipalities:
- Drenovë
- Gorë
- Korçë
- Lekas
- Libonik
- Liqenas
- Maliq
- Moglicë
- Mollaj
- Pirg
- Pojan
- Qendër Bulgarec
- Vithkuq
- Voskop
- Voskopojë
- Vreshtaz
Population
- Total population: 193,992 inhabitants; 50,786 families
- Smaller districts: 15
- Villages: 151
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- In the Liqenas Commune
- Belas
- Cerja
- Gollomboç
- Goricë e Madhë
- Goricë e Vogël
- Lajthizë
- Liqenas
- Zaroshtë
- Zvedzë
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References
- ^ Miranda Vickers, James Pettifer. Albania: from anarchy to a Balkan identity. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 1997. ISBN 9781850652793, p.187 "there was a bitter inter-ethnic conflict in the minority regions of Korca and Gyrokaster"
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