Qukës
Sign in to saveQukës is a former municipality in the Elbasan County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Prrenjas. The population at the 2011 census was 8,211. The municipal unit consists of the villages Berzheshte, Dritaj, Fanje, Gurre, Karkavec, Menik, Pishkash, Pishkash Veri, Qukës-Shkumbin, Qukës-Skenderbej and Skroske. In the later Ottoman era about a quarter of the city of Qukes itself was Bektashi. Via Egnatia [5] passes through Qukës, which was a very important trade route in the Balkans during the conquest of the Roman Empire.
Key facts
- Settlement AL.type
- mu
- Settlement AL.official_name
- Qukës
- Settlement AL.image_skyline
- Mina de cromo, Qukës, Albania, 2014-04-17, DD 03.JPG
- Settlement AL.image_caption
- The Chrome mine in Qukës with a partial view of the village
- Settlement AL.county
- Elbasan
- Settlement AL.municipality
- Prrenjas
- Settlement AL.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement AL.population_unit
- 8211
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- Licence plate code
- LB
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- postal code
- 3407
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Qukës is a former municipality in the Elbasan County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Prrenjas. The population at the 2011 census was 8,211. The municipal unit consists of the villages Berzheshte, Dritaj, Fanje, Gurre, Karkavec, Menik, Pishkash, Pishkash Veri, Qukës-Shkumbin, Qukës-Skenderbej and Skroske. In the later Ottoman era about a quarter of the city of Qukes itself was Bektashi. Via Egnatia [5] passes through Qukës, which was a very important trade route in the Balkans during the conquest of the Roman Empire.
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